Method for operating a management system of function modules

• US 8,249,728 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2005
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Kesch, Bernd, Hillner, Hans, Knirsch, Matthias, Hinz, Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Ali, Mohammad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Booker, Kelvin
• Application Number:
  US11/662,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20090083574A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,534 Days
• Field of Search: 700/21, 714/704
• US Class Current: 700/21
• CPC Class Codes: F02P 3/0456 using digital techniques

Abstract

Methods for operating a management system that manages a large number of first function modules and second function modules. An inhibitor module I sets first control statuses to designating blocking when associated events are detected by an event detecting device, and then the management system no longer makes associated first function modules available for execution. The inhibitor module I sets second control statuses to designating executable when associated events are detected by an event detecting device, and then the management system makes associated second function modules available for execution.

Claims

1. A method for operating a management system that manages a large number of first function modules and second function modules, comprising:

stopping the management system from releasing the first function module for execution if an associated first control status designates the first function module as blocked;

stopping the management system from releasing the second function module for execution if a second control status designates the second function module as non-executable, wherein a first database associates with each first function module a first event set which is empty or contains at least one event, and a second database associates with each second function module a second event set which is empty or has at least one event;

detecting one or more events with an event detecting device; and

executing an inhibitor module which, on the basis of the first database, sets all the first control statuses whose associated event set contains at least one of the detected events to designating blocking and, on the basis of the second database, sets all the second control statuses whose associated event set contains at least one of the detected events to designating executable.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the inhibitor module stores the first control status and the second control status in a memory device and the management system reads out the first control status and the second control status from the memory device.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein each function module is associated in the memory device with a status register, the first control status being storable in a first memory location of the status register and the second control status being storable in a second memory location of the status register.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein the first memory location and the second memory location are an identical memory location.

5. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein the first memory location and the second memory location have a first memory value when the first control status is designating blocking or the second control status is designating non-executable, and have a second memory value when the first control status is designating non-blocking or the second control status is designating executable.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein in the status register a third memory location is provided which indicates whether the management system is evaluating in relation to a function module the first control status or the second control status.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the inhibitor module is executed every time the event detecting module has detected a single event.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in a first step a re-set takes place, wherein all first control statuses are set to designating non-blocking and all second control statuses are set to designating non-executable.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein after a re-set a loop interrogates all possible events as to their occurrence, and the first control statuses and the second control statuses are set according to the occurrence or non-occurrence of the events.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the first control statuses and the second control statuses are set, after execution of the loop, only if an event occurs.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the inhibitor module stores the first control status and the second control status in a memory device and the management system reads out the first control status and the second control status from the memory device, and wherein each function module is associated in the memory device with a status register, the first control status being storable in a first memory location of the status register and the second control status being storable in a second memory location of the status register.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the first memory location and the second memory location are an identical memory location.

13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the first memory location and the second memory location have a first memory value when the first control status is designating blocking or the second control status is designating non-executable, and have a second memory value when the first control status is designating non-blocking or the second control status is designating executable.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein in the status register a third memory location is provided which indicates whether the management system is evaluating in relation to a function module the first control status or the second control status.

15. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the inhibitor module is executed every time the event detecting module has detected a single event, and wherein in a first step a re-set takes place, wherein all first control statuses are set to designating non-blocking and all second control statuses are set to designating non-executable.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein after a re-set a loop interrogates all possible events as to their occurrence, and the first control statuses and the second control statuses are set according to the occurrence or non-occurrence of the events, and wherein the first control statuses and the second control statuses are set, after execution of the loop, only if an event occurs.