System and method for automated process control

US7216132B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Sparta Systems, Inc. · US

Inventor

• Ran J. Flam · Port Monmouth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 15, 2001
• Grant date: May 8, 2007
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99942
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A process control system that automatically monitors processes and performs activities based on conditions detected during monitoring. The information needed to do the monitoring and perform activities is contained in tables in a database system. The process control system may be configured by configuring entries in the tables. An administrative query table has records that define administrative queries. Each administrative query has associated with it a query to be executed on a table of process records that indicate statuses of the processes being monitored, a scope that defines a subset of the process records upon which the query is to be executed, a schedule from which a time of next execution of the administrative query can be computed, and an activity. The activity is a set of one or more actions. When an administrative query is executed and the query associated with the administrative query is run on the table of process records and the result set is not empty, the activity is performed with regard to the process records of the result set. A plurality of activities may be associated with the administrative query, with the activity to be performed being selected on the basis …