Customizable system for creating supervisory process control and manufacturing information applications
First Claim
1. An extensible base process control and manufacturing information application development and execution software suite for developers comprising:
- an object design toolkit including;
object template derivation tools for accessing and editing a set of base object templates, wherein objects derivable from the base templates include at least application objects deployed upon lower level hosting component objects of a supervisory process control and manufacturing information application, and development tools for creating new base object templates that are added as extensions of the set of base object templates; and
a set of marketing package customization tools facilitating seamlessly integrating changes by developers to the extensible base development and execution software suite including;
electronically editable base user documentation facilitating supplementation in accordance with modifications by developers to the extensible base development and execution software package.
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Abstract
An extensible base process control and manufacturing information application development and execution software suite is disclosed that facilitates streamlined third party (e.g., OEM) development of derivative applications for particular vertical markets. The suite includes an object design toolkit that provides object template derivation tools for accessing and editing a set of base object templates. The objects derivable from the base templates include at least application objects deployed upon lower level hosting component objects of a supervisory process control and manufacturing information application. The toolkit also includes development tools for creating new base object templates that are added as extensions of the set of base object templates.
In addition to the toolkit, the suite includes a set of marketing package customization tools facilitating seamlessly integrating changes by developers to the extensible base development and execution software suite. The marketing package customization tools include electronically editable base user documentation.
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14 Claims
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1. An extensible base process control and manufacturing information application development and execution software suite for developers comprising:
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an object design toolkit including;
object template derivation tools for accessing and editing a set of base object templates, wherein objects derivable from the base templates include at least application objects deployed upon lower level hosting component objects of a supervisory process control and manufacturing information application, and development tools for creating new base object templates that are added as extensions of the set of base object templates; and
a set of marketing package customization tools facilitating seamlessly integrating changes by developers to the extensible base development and execution software suite including;
electronically editable base user documentation facilitating supplementation in accordance with modifications by developers to the extensible base development and execution software package. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for distributing a supervisory process control and manufacturing information application development and execution software suite through intermediate development houses, the method comprising the steps of:
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first distributing, to independent developers, an extensible base development and execution software suite comprising;
an object design toolkit including;
object template derivation tools for accessing and editing a set of base object templates, wherein objects derivable from the base templates include at least application objects deployed upon lower level hosting component objects of a supervisory process control and manufacturing information application, and development tools for creating new base object templates that are added as extensions of the set of base object templates; and
a set of marketing package customization tools facilitating seamlessly integrating changes by developers to the extensible base development and execution software suite including;
electronically editable base user documentation facilitating supplementation in accordance with modifications by developers to the extensible base development and execution software package;
developing, by the independent developers, an extended version of the base development and execution software suite, the new software components including at least new object templates; and
second distributing, by the independent developers to end customers, the extended version of the base development and execution software package.
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