Patent ID: 9535570
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for constructing strategy and tactic workflows for notifications of alarm events occurring in automated machinery, comprising: providing a graphical user interface (GUI) on a computer system, the GUI displaying a workspace and a plurality of display panels that are selectively displayable adjacent to said workspace, each said panel displaying a plurality of instruction block icons representing different types of instructions for controlling different processing operations of said computer system; positioning selected ones of said instruction block icons from said panels into said workspace to create a diagrammatic representation of a logical workflow of operations for processing notifications concerning a predetermined alarm event; and converting by said computer system said diagrammatic representation of said logical workflow of operations in accordance with the positions of said instruction block icons in said workspace into a sequence of computer executable instructions for controlling said computer system to process said notifications concerning said predetermined alarm event in accordance with said logical workflow.