Process control system including alarm priority adjustment

Patent 5768119 Issued on June 16, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 12, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 631556 filed on 04/12/1996

US Classes:

700/4, Parallel700/83, Having operator control interface (e.g., control/display console)709/201, DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING709/224Computer network monitoring

Examiners

Primary: Elmore, Reba I.
Assistant: Patel, Ramesh

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel LLP, Koestner; Ken J.

International Classes

G05B 015/00
G05B 019/18

Abstract

A process control system includes an alarm and event monitoring and display system for which various users of the system can easily prioritize the alarm and event information that is displayed. The alarm and event configuration is highly flexible and is configured by a user to display particular events in a hierarchical manner, as directed by the user. The user sets a desired alarm priority, selecting high importance alarms for more urgent display and annunciation and rendering a lower display status to less urgent events. At log-on, a particular system user is associated with a display configuration for displaying alarm and event information that is pertinent to that user and the process control system is automatically "primed" with current alarms and initiate process information about new alarm and event occurrences.