Patent · US Expired

System and method for tracing and/or evaluating the exchange of information

US7802235B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

17Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Dirk Langkafel · Effeltrich, DE
Thomas Merkl · Kemnath, DE
Elmar Thurner · Rankweil, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2002
Grant date	Sep 21, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 26, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3636
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a system and a method for tracing and evaluating the communication of software applications, especially MES applications in an entire system. The tracing and evaluation can be carried out progressively or step-by-step on a project level, an adapter level and a port level, i.e. individual communication connections and individual applications, but the entire project is also traced by (even heterogeneous) application environments. The tracing and evaluation mechanisms enable higher-level services to access online the archived trace and error data at all times. An example of one such service is the generation of a report in the pharmaceutical field, indicating the materials used and sent in production orders.

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