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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2004
Daniel Eugene Tipton, Petersburg, NY (US);
Anantha Lakshmi Gangaraju, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Ramesh Pusala, Sainikpuri, IN;
Daniel Eugene Tipton, Petersburg, NY (US);
Anantha Lakshmi Gangaraju, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Ramesh Pusala, Sainikpuri, IN;
GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for managing a plurality of devices is provided. The system includes a user interface for controlling a plurality of devices configured as a network. The plurality of devices have corresponding device drivers to configure each of the plurality of devices to allow queuing operations to be performed in connection with the plurality of devices. The user interface is configured to communicate with the plurality of devices to identify and control jobs in a queue relating to each of the devices. The system also includes a monitoring system for monitoring the plurality of devices. The monitoring system is configured to provide notification to the user interface when a predetermined queue limit for at least one of the plurality of devices is exceeded.