Method for centralization of process sequence checking
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsKevin Baltes, Trenton Haines
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Abstract
A method for centralization of process sequence checking includes defining a set of steps in a sequence for a process and defining an order of steps in said set of steps. The method includes determining whether one of said steps started independently of others of said steps and determining whether one of said steps completed independently of others of said steps. The method includes determining whether the sequence started, determining whether the sequence completed, and determining whether a sequence fault occurred.
Claims27
A method for centralization of process sequence checking, comprising:
- defining a set of steps in a sequence for a process;
- defining an order of steps in said set of steps;
- determining whether one of said steps started independently of others of said steps;
- determining whether one of said steps completed independently of others of said steps;
- determining whether the sequence started;
- determining whether the sequence completed;
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- determining whether a sequence fault occurred.
A system for centralization of process sequence checking, comprising:
- memory that stores a set of steps and an order of said steps in a sequence for a process;
- a control module that determines independently of others of said steps in the sequence whether one of said steps started and whether one of said steps completed;
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- a comparator module that determines whether all said steps in the sequence completed, a sequence fault occurred, and a sequence fault count exceeded a predefined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.