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Industrial operator interfaces interacting with higher-level business workflow

  • US 8,855,791 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2012
  • Issued: 10/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An industrial device, comprisingat least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions;

  • andat least one processor, communicatively coupled to the at least one memory, that executes the computer-executable instructions to at least;

    execute a business execution language that controls a business process associated with a business priority defined for an enterprise;

    interface the business execution language with a message control capability of an operator interface device for control of industrial equipment or devices of the enterprise;

    based on the business priority, sending, using the business execution language, a message to the operator interface device in response to detection of a change to a business variable indicative of a state of the business process, wherein the message comprises state information that specifies the state of the business process; and

    adjust, using the business execution language, functionality of the operator interface device in accordance with the message.

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