Patent ID: 7565351
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: G05B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented system to facilitate interaction between automation devices and database systems or services comprising following components stored in a computer memory of the system: a device interface component, resident at the automation device, that receives one or more statements from one or more automation devices, wherein the device interface component is a Common Industrial Protocol object interface that receives Common Industrial Protocol objects that map to database statements; a data interface component, resident at the automation device, that receives the statements from the device interface component and transmits the statements to a database, the database executes the statements and returns a response, indicating a result of execution of the statements at the database, to the automation device through the data interface component and the device interface component to facilitate interaction between the automation devices and the database; wherein the database executes the statement by entering values into a specified table and returns the response indicative of a successful write or an error, to the automation device, from the database through the data interface component and the device interface component.