Patent ID: 7644152

Claim:
A messaging method for a system, said system comprising a processor adapted for object oriented data processing, a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of recipients, and a message generator configured to generate messages, the method comprising: generating a message associated with a monitored object representing a component of an industrial facility as a result of an event or alarm related to operation of the component, associating at least one of the recipients with each object monitored, associating at least one destination device with the at least one recipient, selecting a first preferred recipient for the message in a predetermined manner from the at least one recipient associated with the monitored object, selecting one of the destination devices from the at least one destination device associated with the selected first preferred recipient in a predetermined manner, sending the message to the selected first preferred recipient and selected destination device associated with the selected first preferred recipient when an event or alarm in the facility occurs, and selecting another recipient and a destination device associated with the other recipient or another destination device from the at least one destination device associated with the selected first preferred recipient in a predetermined manner if the message is not acknowledged by the selected first preferred recipient within a predefined time; wherein a property of the monitored object includes an association to another object containing information associated with a communication media to be used for communication with the recipients.