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EXTENSIBLE ASSET CLASSES IN A MONITORING SYSTEM HAVING A COMMON PLATFORM

  • US 20170102961A1
  • Filed: 08/17/2016
  • Published: 04/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic communication system, for use in an environment having a plurality of physical assets of different types and uses, the electronic communication system comprising:

  • a processor;

    a memory;

    a communication interface;

    an object model stored in the memory, the object model including one or more class objects, each of the one or more class objects being indicative of a physical or logical entity within the asset environment, each of the class objects including one or more features defining one or more aspects of a physical or logical entity within the asset environment, and feature fields indicating data to be stored for each of the features; and

    a multiplicity of platform services coupled to the communication interface that execute on the processor to receive and process messages from one or more applications, wherein one or more of the multiplicity of platform services uses the object model to perform actions with respect to the messages from the one or more applications;

    wherein at least one of the platform services manages the object model by enabling the object model to be extended to include additional object information defining additional information about physical or logical entities in the asset environment.

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