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US Patent 5805442 - Distributed interface architecture for programmable industrial control systems
US Patent Issued on September 8, 1998
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
May 30, 2016Estimated 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.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
May 30, 2016Estimated 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.AbstractAn integrated control system comprises one or more controllers each equipped to perform a control function and to gather data (ordinarily from sensors) relevant to the control function. Each controller contains computer storage means, such as computer memory, for storing the relevant data and instructions, associated with the data, for causing a remote computer to generate a visual display incorporating the data in a predetermined format; and a communication module for establishing contact and facilitating data interchange with the remote computer. The remote computer, in turn, also includes a communication module compatible with the controller-borne module, and which enables the remote computer to download the data and associated instructions from one or more controllers. The remote computer also includes a facility for processing the instructions to create a user interface encoded by the instructions, and which incorporates the data. In this way, controller data is coupled to instructions for displaying that data, and this totality of information is continuously accessible, on a freely selective basis, to the remote computer. | InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 655469 filed on 05/30/1996US Classes:700/9, Supervisory control340/3.7, Including indicator709/219, Accessing a remote server709/220, NETWORK COMPUTER CONFIGURING709/228, Session/connection parameter setting715/804Interwindow link or communicationExaminersPrimary: Williams, HezronAssistant: Vo, Hieu T. Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References4319338, Industrial communications network with mastership determined by needIssued on: 03/09/1982 Inventor: Grudowski , et al.4937777, Programmable controller with multiple task processors Issued on: 06/26/1990 Inventor: Flood, et al.4953074, Function-distributed control apparatus Issued on: 08/28/1990 Inventor: Kametani, et al.5012402, System for modifying a machine's program at a remote location Issued on: 04/30/1991 Inventor: Akiyama5072412, User interface with multiple workspaces for sharing display system objects Issued on: 12/10/1991 Inventor: Henderson, Jr., et al.5122948, Remote terminal industrial control communication system Issued on: 06/16/1992 Inventor: Zapolin5157595, Distributed logic control system and method Issued on: 10/20/1992 Inventor: Lovrenich5225974, Programmable controller processor with an intelligent functional module interface Issued on: 07/06/1993 Inventor: Mathews, et al.5297257, Distributing a real-time control program to a plurality of input/output nodes Issued on: 03/22/1994 Inventor: Struger, et al.5307463, Programmable controller communication module Issued on: 04/26/1994 Inventor: Hyatt, et al.5321829, Graphical interfaces for monitoring ladder logic programs Issued on: 06/14/1994 Inventor: Zifferer5398336, Object-oriented architecture for factory floor management Issued on: 03/14/1995 Inventor: Tantry, et al.5406473, Programmable controller Issued on: 04/11/1995 Inventor: Yoshikura, et al.5420977, Multiple aspect operator interface for displaying fault diagnostics results in intelligent process control systems Issued on: 05/30/1995 Inventor: Sztipanovits, et al.5598536, Apparatus and method for providing remote users with the same unique IP address upon each network access Issued on: 01/28/1997 Inventor: Slaughter, III, et al.5613115, Method for using PLC programming information to generate secondary functions such as diagnostics and operator interface Issued on: 03/18/1997 Inventor: Gihl, et al.5623652, Method and apparatus for searching for information in a network and for controlling the display of searchable information on display devices in the network Issued on: 04/22/1997 Inventor: Vora, et al.5625781Itinerary list for interfaces Issued on: 04/29/1997 Inventor: Cline, et al. International ClassG06F 013/14 |
