Patent ID: 7249356

Claim:
An event historian system for batch processing, said event historian system comprising: a user interface system having a processor; a history executive element receiving process event information from one or more input sources operating in physical elements of a process and batch procedure event information that includes batch subprocedure event information from a batch control device, wherein the batch control device is separate from the physical element of the process, and automatically deriving relationships among portions of said process event information and batch subprocedure event information based on generated event messages to associate particular process event information with one or more particular batch subprocedures; a storage element coupled to said history executive element persistently storing said process event information and said batch procedure event information and said derived relationships in response to requests from said history executive element; and an event information retrieval element retrieving said process event information and said batch procedure event information in accordance with said derived relationships in response to requests from an application process.