Patent ID: 7904488
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system that generates unique identifiers for work orders utilized in a factory, comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor; a randomizer component that generates pseudo-random data, wherein the pseudo-random data includes information indexed into at least one system table that indicates information indicating a location in an industrial hierarchy of the factory where a work order is generated; and a unique identifier creator that receives the pseudo-random data and receives object instance data associated with the work order and combines the object instance data and the pseudo-random data to generate a unique identifier for the work order, wherein the object instance data comprises time stamp data for the work order utilized in the manufacturing environment and location data for the work order utilized in the manufacturing environment, the location data includes at least one of a path for a machine that created the work order or a node identifier.