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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Schneider Electric Automation Gmbh, Marktheidenfeld, DE;
Ralf Neubert, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Marcus Zinn, Rodgau, DE;
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC AUTOMATION GMBH, Marktheidenfeld, DE;
Abstract
A method for evaluating use of a service and/or function provided by an automation component. To implement an evaluation of a use of the service and/or functions of the automation component with little hardware complexity, a web service is called by a web service call, the web service call or a function call generated by the web service is recognized by means of a recognition module implemented in the automation component, service and/or function information that regards the called service and/or function and that is contained in the web service call or the function call is read out by means of the recognition module, the web service is executed after release, service- and/or function-specific data are detected by means of a detection module during the execution of the web service, and the service and/or function provided by the automation component is evaluated.