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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
Robert Majanen, Västerås, SE;
Xiashong Jin, Västerås, SE;
Mattias Rehnman, Västerås, SE;
Anders Rosvall, Västerås, SE;
Jan-erik Frey, Västerås, SE;
Per-ulrik Söderberg, Västerås, SE;
Pablo-lozan Villegas, Östhammar, SE;
Robert Majanen, Västerås, SE;
Xiashong Jin, Västerås, SE;
Mattias Rehnman, Västerås, SE;
Anders Rosvall, Västerås, SE;
Jan-Erik Frey, Västerås, SE;
Per-Ulrik Söderberg, Västerås, SE;
Pablo-Lozan Villegas, Östhammar, SE;
ABB AB, Västerås, SE;
Abstract
A system architecture for communication between devices connected through a network including a hierarchy. Each device has at least one service for controlling and/or monitoring the device. At least one communication module enables a first device service to detect a second device, to detect a second device service, to retrieve information about functions of the second device service, arrange with the first device services and second device services into the hierarchy, wherein one of the devices is the parent of the other, generate messages with at least one device and transmit the messages to another device, wherein the information about functions and messages are received only by devices that have a same parent as one of the devices and by the parent of the devices, and to invoke a function of the second device service, wherein the devices are interchangeable at least to detect, to retrieve information and to invoke.