Event management systems and methods for the distribution of motion control commands

• US 20020165627A1
• Filed: 02/11/2002
• Published: 11/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ROY-G-BIV Corporation
• Original Assignee: ROY-G-BIV Corporation
• Inventors: Brown, David W., Stein, Skylar
• Granted Patent: US 7,031,798 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/56
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/408 characterised by data handling or data format, e.g. reading, buffering or conversion of data
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/34263 OLE object linking and embedding, OPC ole for process control
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36035 Special language, task programming, oop object oriented programming
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36037 Application programming interface associates component code with driver function
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation. The motion control system comprises at least one motion event provider, a motion event manager, and a motion control component. The motion event provider is configured to generate at least one event token upon the occurrence of at least one predetermined event. The event token is associated with at least one motion command. The motion event manager receives the at least one event token. The motion control component is adapted to transmit to the target device a control command based on the at least one motion command associated with the event token received by the motion event manager.

Claims

1. A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation, comprising:

at least one motion event provider configured to generate at least one event token upon the occurrence of at least one predetermined event, where the event token is associated with at least one motion command;

a motion event manager for receiving the at least one event token; and

a motion control component adapted to transmit to the target device a control command based on the at least one motion command associated with the event token received by the motion event manager.

2. A motion control system as recited in claim 1, further comprising an event provider configuration control for identifying the at least one predetermined event associated with the event token generated by the at least one motion event provider.

3. A motion control system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a media view control for associating the at least one event token with the at least one motion command.

4. A motion control system as recited in claim 1, in which:

the motion command is a media command; and

the motion control component generates at least one control command based on the media command.

5. A motion control system as recited in claim 1, in which:

the motion command is a control command; and

the motion control component transmits the control command to the target device.

6. A motion control system as recited in claim 1, in which:

the motion command associated with the event token corresponds to at least one of a media command and a control command; and

the motion control component operates in

a pass-through mode in which the motion control device transmits at least one control command defined by the event token to the target device; and

a translation mode in which the motion control device generates at least one control command based on the media command for transmission to the target device.

7. A motion control system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

an event provider configuration control for identifying the at least one predetermined event associated with the event token generated by the at least one motion event provider; and

a media view control for associating the at least one event token with the at least one motion command.

8. A motion control system as recited in claim 1, in which:

the event token further comprises a text message; and

the motion event manager further parses the event token to extract the text message, where the text message identifies the motion command associated with the event token.

9. A motion control system as recited in claim 1, in which the at least one predetermined event is the receipt of a message by a receiving application of a peer-to-peer communications system.

10. A motion control system as recited in claim 1, in which:

the motion control component determines a status of the target device; and

the motion event manager queries the motion control component to determine the status of the target device and sends to the at least one motion event provider a status message based on the status of the target device.

11. A motion control system as recited in claim 1, in which the motion event manager stores associations between at least some of the event tokens and at least some of the motion commands and sends to the motion control component the motion command associated with at least some of the event tokens received by the motion event manager.