Tool to report the status and drill-down of an application in an automated manufacturing environment
US7805639B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 16, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/5016
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are embodiments that provide near real-time monitoring of a control application in a manufacturing environment in order to detect and determine the root cause of faults within the control application. The embodiments monitor the flow of data within the control application during certain events (i.e., certain transactions, stages, process steps, etc.). By comparing a dataflow path for a near real-time event with historical dataflow path records, dataflow interruptions (i.e., fails) within the control application can be detected. By determining the location of such a dataflow interruption, the root cause of the control application fail can be determined. Additionally, the invention can generate summary reports that quantify the performance and/or the effectiveness of the control application. These summary reports can further be generated with drill downs to provide a user with direct access to the records upon which the reports were based.
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