Patent ID: 8150959

Claim:
A system that facilitates providing subscribers with associated alert notifications within an industrial environment, comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to implement the system, including: receiving software configured to interface with an industrial controller; and alert management software configured to receive a command from a subscribing entity to instantiate an instance of a notify object class within the industrial controller, the instance of the notify object class having a set of class instance attributes including at least an Alert Type attribute specifying a type of Alert object to which the subscribing entity is subscribing and a Notify Timeout attribute, wherein the instance of the notify object class is configured to receive an alert notification from the industrial controller and convey the alert notification to the subscribing entity in response to generation of the alert notification by an Alert object corresponding to the type specified by the Alert Type attribute, and wherein the instance of the notify object class is configured to delete automatically after a connection between the subscribing entity and the instance has been closed for an amount of time specified by the Notify Timeout attribute.