Distributed interface architecture for programmable industrial control systems
May 30, 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.Patent ReferencesIndustrial communications network with mastership determined by need Programmable controller with multiple task processors Function-distributed control apparatus System for modifying a machine's program at a remote location User interface with multiple workspaces for sharing display system objects Remote terminal industrial control communication system Distributed logic control system and method Programmable controller processor with an intelligent functional module interface Distributing a real-time control program to a plurality of input/output nodes Programmable controller communication module 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 FirmInternational ClassG06F 013/14AbstractAn 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. | |
