Method and apparatus for retrieving activity data related to an activity
First Claim
1. A computer apparatus for accessing data of an industrial process, said apparatus comprising:
- a processor and an activity framing program that responds to input data entered by a user to define a data structure,wherein said activity framing program responds to said input data to define said data structure with a plurality of activities of said industrial process, at least a first attribute of a first one of said activities, and at least one attribute of a second one of said activities, wherein said second activity is framed at least in part by said first activity, andwherein said framing program further responds to a request that identifies said first activity and said first attribute of said first activity by using said data structure to access said data of said industrial process to retrieve activity data of said second activity.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus that processes time series, event and/or activity data of a process according to a data structure. The data structure defines one or more activities that frame the time series, event and/or activity data. Each activity and each event has one or more attributes. Each attribute has a value. At least one of the attributes defines an interval of the activity by start and end times. Another attribute includes a time varying parameter that represents the time series data. Another attribute defines a time stamp of an event. The time varying parameter is linked to a device that produces the time series data when the process is run. The time series, event and/or activity data is collected and processed according to the data structure for storage in and/or retrieval from a memory. A relationship between data of one or more activities and the time series, event and/or activity data is processed according to the data structure to retrieve the time series, event and/or activity data from the memory.
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1. A computer apparatus for accessing data of an industrial process, said apparatus comprising:
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a processor and an activity framing program that responds to input data entered by a user to define a data structure, wherein said activity framing program responds to said input data to define said data structure with a plurality of activities of said industrial process, at least a first attribute of a first one of said activities, and at least one attribute of a second one of said activities, wherein said second activity is framed at least in part by said first activity, and wherein said framing program further responds to a request that identifies said first activity and said first attribute of said first activity by using said data structure to access said data of said industrial process to retrieve activity data of said second activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for using a computer to access data of an industrial process, said method comprising:
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operating said computer with an activity framing program in response to input data entered by a user to define a data structure, wherein said activity framing program responds to said input data to define said data structure with a plurality of activities of said industrial process, at least a first attribute of a first one of said activities, and at least one attribute of a second one of said activities, wherein said second activity is framed at least in part by said first activity, and wherein said framing program further responds to a request that identifies said first activity and said first attribute of said first activity by using said data structure to access said data of said industrial process to retrieve activity data of said second activity. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A memory media for controlling a computer to process data of an industrial process, said memory media comprising:
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program instructions of an activity framing program for controlling a computer in response to input data entered by a user to define a data structure, wherein said activity framing program responds to said input data to define said data structure with a plurality of activities of said industrial process, at least a first attribute of a first one of said activities, and at least one attribute of a second one of said activities, wherein said second activity is framed at least in part by said first activity, and wherein said framing program further responds to a request that identifies said first activity and said first attribute of said first activity by using said data structure to access said data of said industrial process to retrieve activity data of said second activity.
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11. A method for using a computer to access data of an industrial process that is stored in a memory, said method comprising:
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(a) generating an access request that is based on a data structure that comprises a plurality of activities of said industrial process, one or more attributes of a first one of said activities, and one or more attributes of a second one of said activities, wherein said second activity is framed at least in part by said first activity, wherein said request identifies said first activity and said first attribute of said first activity; and (b) in response to said access request, using said data structure to access said memory to retrieve activity data of said second activity. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer apparatus for accessing data of an industrial process that is stored in a memory, said computer apparatus comprising:
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a processor and a framing program that generates an access request that is based on a data structure that comprises a plurality of activities of said industrial process, one or more attributes of a first one of said activities, and one or more attributes of a second one of said activities, wherein said second activity is framed at least in part by said first activity, wherein said request identifies said first activity and said first attribute of said first activity; and wherein said processor in response to said access request, uses said data structure to access said memory to retrieve activity data of said second activity. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A memory media for controlling a computer to access data of an industrial process, said memory media comprising:
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program instructions of an activity framing program for controlling a computer to generate an access request that is based on a data structure that comprises a plurality of activities of said industrial process, one or more attributes of a first one of said activities, and one or more attributes of a second one of said activities, wherein said second activity is framed at least in part by said first activity, wherein said request identifies said first activity and said first attribute of said first activity; and wherein said program instructions cause said computer to respond to said access request by using said data structure to access said memory to retrieve activity data of said second activity.
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