Patent ID: 7984096
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G05B,G06F,G06N,G06Q,G06T,H04L,Y02A,Y02P,Y04S,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of conveying process control information between a client process and a server process in a process control system, comprising: establishing the server process including a plurality of process control services, each of which has a corresponding service interface; establishing the client process having a different proxy for each of the plurality of process control services to which the client process establishes a communicative connection, wherein establishing the client process comprises executing software on a processor-based stem to provide one or more process control related applications that can be independently versioned; and providing endpoint information associated with the service interfaces to the client process to enable the conveyance of process control information between the client process and the server process.