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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Reginald W. Sprecher, Waukesha, WI (US);
Reginald W. Sprecher, Waukesha, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates automatically scheduling an operation in an industrial environment. An interface component can facilitate receipt of a list/schedule including at least one operation related to a device within the industrial environment. A scheduler component can automatically perform the at least one operation on the device at a time indicated by the list/schedule utilizing at least one agent hosted by an agent component, wherein communication is employed with a bridge component. The bridge component can provide communication as if in the same program space between at least two of the scheduler component, the agent, the agent component, an agent component manager, and/or any suitable component that requires data transfer.