System and method for communicating between software applications, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications
US7343605B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/541
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Applications to be connected, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications, as well as the communications mechanisms are depicted in the object model of the framework (IF; IF meaning industrial framework) by using wrappers and/or adapters and, as a result, can be manipulated in a uniformly homogenous manner in the framework. The invention is advantageous in that the very heterogeneous structures of the applications are depicted on a common model and can be comfortably and easily used by a user by means of generic mechanisms. That is to say that the effort of programming is eliminated and, as a result, this communication can be easily projected by establishing a so-called connection.
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