Christopher P Luciano

US Patent:

20060089977, Apr 27, 2006

Filed:

Oct 5, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/243903

Inventors:

Spencer Cramer - Nyack NY, US
Brett Smith - New York NY, US
Bruce Platt - Wyckoff NJ, US
Anatoly Birman - New York NY, US
Christopher Luciano - Upper Saddle River NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709218000

Abstract:

A system and method of provide real-time monitoring and control of a production environment. Manufacturing equipment having proprietary or non-standard digital interfaces provide a plurality of data streams having incompatible communication protocols that are converted to a common communication protocol by a translator and aggregated on a local area network. The resulting aggregated data stream is transmitted across an open network such as the internet or via a wide area network to a remote network. Virtual remote engineering of the production environment is possible from the remote network through monitoring, analysis and control of the production environment. A service provider may be given secure access to the remote network over the Internet by providing the service provider with a password and/or a login name.