Patent ID: 7689295
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: B64F,G05B,G06F,G21D,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for monitoring and control of a complex system comprising: a plurality of sensors for monitoring a plurality of attributes of the complex system; a table recorded on a computer-readable medium, the table including a plurality of entries, each of the plurality of entries indicating at least one action to be taken in response to a portion of the plurality of attributes having particular values; and a network processor operably coupled with the plurality of sensors and with the table, the network processor for receiving from the plurality of sensors a plurality of statuses in a plurality of packets for the plurality of attributes, wherein each of the plurality of packets includes an information field, the information field includes a plurality of subfields, wherein the plurality of subfields includes the plurality of statuses from the plurality of sensors, wherein an embedded command within each packet of the plurality of packets indicates a subfield of the plurality of subfields that the network processor is to use in building a key, the network processor further for determining at least one entry of the plurality of entries to access based upon the plurality of statuses, and for accessing the at least one entry to determine a corresponding action.