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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2021
Primetals Technologies Germany Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Kerschensteiner, Berg, DE;
Alexander Thekale, Erlangen, DE;
Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for controlling and/or monitoring a technical installation for producing and/or processing metal, having an assistant program with at least one interface for connection to application programs, wherein the assistant program receives a request for an item of information relating to the installation from at least one requesting application program via the interface, wherein the assistant program can access a data model that provides a suggestion of which information can be provided by at least one further application program. The assistant program determining, based on the request and on the data model, which application program can provide the requested information, wherein the assistant program transmits the request to the at least one determined application program which can provide the requested information, wherein the assistant program receives a response from the determined application program, and wherein the assistant program outputs the received response to the requesting application program.