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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2000
Raymond Walter Ellis, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Theodore Pendleton, San Diego, CA (US);
Charles Merritt Baylis, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Raymond Walter Ellis, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Theodore Pendleton, San Diego, CA (US);
Charles Merritt Baylis, Cincinnati, OH (US);
PEER Intellectual Property Inc., Kitchener, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for web-based tool management are implemented. A tool object model provides a logical representation of the physical tool. The tool object model defines a hierarchical set of tool objects that characterize the tool, and additionally a set of method for performing actions on the tool objects. These actions also correspond to operations, which may include reporting as well as processing tasks, performed by the tool. A user may remotely control and monitor a tool using a conventional web browser. For example, a user may execute methods of the tool object model, or obtain detailed information about a tool object. User actions are passed to a server by embedding them in hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests. The server receives the HTTP request, and passes the request to a corresponding page server in accordance with the action requested. Depending on the action requested, the page server may generate a web page in response, or may invoke a method of the tool object model.