Patent ID: 7917595
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating with a factory automation control system disposed to control an industrial process at least in part via one or more remote computers including an object container, the method comprising: receiving, at one of the remote computers, from the factory automation control system, factory automation control system information at the object container, wherein the factory automation control system information is provided from the factory automation control system responsive to a request for a web page hosted by the factory automation control system; running an ActiveX control within a web browser in the object container so as to enable a user at the at least one of the remote computers to view the received factory automation control system information via the web page; generating control instructions with the ActiveX control; and sending the control instructions to the control system, wherein the control instructions are disposed to be used by the factory automation control system to effect changes in the industrial process.