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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011

Filed:

May. 15, 2007
Applicants:

Nathan Pettus, Georgetown, TX (US);

Will Irwin, Austin, TX (US);

Kim Conner, Austin, TX (US);

Mickey Nanda, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Nathan Pettus, Georgetown, TX (US);

Will Irwin, Austin, TX (US);

Kim Conner, Austin, TX (US);

Mickey Nanda, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for implementing a control process within a process control system and resolving inconsistencies during execution of the control process includes loading the logical structure of the control process, loading a plurality of instantiation objects or processes when the control process is instantiated, using the instantiation objects to instantiate a procedural element of the control process as the control process calls for the procedural element during execution, executing the procedural element as part of the control process, and deconstructing the procedural element as execution of the procedural element is completed during execution of the control process. Resolution of inconsistencies includes executing a first model of an entity in a controller, executing a second model of the entity in an execution engine, detecting a difference between the models, generating a prompt and receiving an operation instruction to continue the process or abort the process.


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