Method and apparatus for providing a standard control system with custom application capability
US7313448B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 15, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B15/02
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for managing the activities of a process. The system includes a first computer that uses standard control classes to manage the activities according to a standard control strategy. A second computer is used by a user to input custom data. A custom application program uses the custom data to automatically develop a customized control strategy as a custom class that operates as an inherited class of a base class of the standard classes to augment the standard control strategy with the customized control strategy in the management of the activities.
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