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US 6,347,328 B1Granted
Optimizing the operation of an equipment control system using one or more servers
AssigneeElectronic Data Systems Corporation
InventorsJeffrey G. Harper, Brian F. Zustovich
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Abstract
A method is provided for optimizing the operation of an equipment control system having an operating unit. In the method, an operating entity operable to perform a specific function is automatically added to the operating unit when such function is required of the operating unit. When the specific function of the operating entity is no longer required, the operating entity is automatically deleted from the operating unit.
Claims16
An equipment control system comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium;
- and
- a primary server resident on the computer readable storage medium, the primary server associated with at least one device, and operable to:
- monitor the workload of the primary server,
- initiate at least one secondary server operable to perform at least a subset of the functionality provided by the primary server when the workload of the primary server exceeds a first threshold,
- activate a first macro that may not be deleted whenever the primary server is running,
- activate a second macro that may be deleted when the second macro is required, and
- deactivate the second macro when the second macro is no longer required.
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A method for optimizing the operation of an equipment control system, comprising:
- activating a primary server resident on a computer readable storage medium, the primary server associated with at least one device;
- monitoring the workload of the primary server;
- initiating at least one secondary server operable to perform at least a subset of the functionality provided by the primary server when the workload of the primary server exceeds a first threshold;
- activating, using the primary server, a first macro that may not be deleted whenever the primary server is running;
- activating, using the primary server, a second macro that may be deleted, the second macro operable to perform at least a subset of the functionality provided by the first macro when the second macro is required;
- and
- deactivating the second macro using the primary server when the second macro is no longer required.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.