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Methods And Apparatus For Control Configuration With Versioning, Security, Composite Blocks, Edit Selection, Object Swapping, Formulaic Values And Other Aspects
US Patent:
7272815, Sep 18, 2007
Filed:
May 17, 2000
Appl. No.:
09/572343
Inventors:
Keith Eldridge - North Eason MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Eason MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Brian Mackay - Coppell TX, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Eason MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Brian Mackay - Coppell TX, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Assignee:
Invensys Systems, Inc. - Foxboro MA
International Classification:
G06F 9/44, G06F 9/00, G06F 15/16, G06F 15/173, G06F 7/04, H04L 9/00
US Classification:
717101, 717114, 717116, 717100, 717109, 713 1, 713 2, 713167, 707 9, 709225, 709229, 726 2, 726 4, 726 17, 726 21
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object.
Methods And Apparatus For Controlling Object Appearance In A Process Control Configuration System
US Patent:
6754885, Jun 22, 2004
Filed:
Nov 23, 1999
Appl. No.:
09/448845
Inventors:
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA
Keith Eldridge - North Easton MA
Robert Hall - South Easton MA
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA
Brian MacKay - Coppell TX
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA
Scott Volk - North Easton MA
Keith Eldridge - North Easton MA
Robert Hall - South Easton MA
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA
Brian MacKay - Coppell TX
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA
Scott Volk - North Easton MA
Assignee:
Invensys Systems, Inc. - Foxboro MA
International Classification:
G06F 944
US Classification:
717113
Abstract:
The invention provides improved apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems. Such apparatus employs âappearanceâ objects (or other data and/or programming constructs) defining the appearance of configurable system components in graphical editors or other views in which the components may be depicted. âPlaceholderâ objects (or other constructs) persist the location, size, color, or other aspects of appearance defined by an appearance object for a configurable component in views in which it is actually depicted. By way of example, a process control configuration apparatus according to this aspect of the invention uses âconfigurableâ objects to define blocks, loops and other components of a process control system. Appearance objects provide (or reference) icons or representations indicating how the configurable objects are to be depicted, e. g. , in a configuration editor.
Control Systems And Methods With Versioning
US Patent:
8229579, Jul 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov 5, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/265474
Inventors:
Keith Eldridge - North Easton MA, US
Brian Mackay - Coppell TX, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Brian Mackay - Coppell TX, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Assignee:
Invensys Systems, Inc. - Foxboro MA
International Classification:
G05B 13/02, G05B 19/42, G06F 9/44, G06F 7/00, G06F 17/00
US Classification:
700 31, 717107, 717121, 717105, 717110, 707616, 707641, 707634, 707999201, 707999203, 700 86
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object.
Apparatus And Method For Configuring A Process Control System Having One Or More Digital Data Processors
US Patent:
8060862, Nov 15, 2011
Filed:
Mar 4, 2010
Appl. No.:
12/717848
Inventors:
Keith Eldridge - North Easton MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Brian MacKay - Coppell TX, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Brian MacKay - Coppell TX, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Assignee:
Invensys Systems, Inc. - Foxboro MA
International Classification:
G06F 9/44, G05B 19/42
US Classification:
717121, 717100, 717101, 717105, 717110, 700 86, 700 87
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object.
Apparatus For Control Systems With Objects That Are Associated With Live Data
US Patent:
8225271, Jul 17, 2012
Filed:
Nov 6, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/265837
Inventors:
Keith Eldridge - North Easton MA, US
Brian Mackay - Coppell TX, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Brian Mackay - Coppell TX, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Assignee:
Invensys Systems, Inc. - Foxboro MA
International Classification:
G06F 9/44
US Classification:
717101, 717102, 717106, 717108, 717109, 717114, 717116, 717100
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object.
Control System Configurator And Methods With Object Characteristic Swapping
US Patent:
8060222, Nov 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov 5, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/265544
Inventors:
Keith Eldridge - North Easton MA, US
Brian Mackay - Coppell TX, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Brian Mackay - Coppell TX, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Assignee:
Invensys Systems, Inc. - Foxboro MA
International Classification:
G05B 15/00, G05B 11/01, G05B 23/02, G06F 9/44, G06F 15/177, G06F 3/048
US Classification:
700 83, 700 17, 700 86, 700 87, 717100, 717108, 717116, 715735, 715763, 715765, 340 371
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object.
Apparatus And Method For Configuring And Editing A Control System With Live Data
US Patent:
7890927, Feb 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct 8, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/247872
Inventors:
Keith Eldridge - North Easton MA, US
Brian Mackay - Coppell TX, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Brian Mackay - Coppell TX, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Kenneth A. Burke - South Easton MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Assignee:
Invensys Systems, Inc. - Foxboro MA
International Classification:
G06F 9/44, G05B 19/42
US Classification:
717110, 717100, 717105, 700 86, 700 87
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object.
Methods And Apparatus For Control Configuration Using Live Data
US Patent:
2006020, Sep 14, 2006
Filed:
May 15, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/434005
Inventors:
Keith Eldrige - North Easton MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Kenneth Burke - South Easton MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Brian MacKay - Coppell TX, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Kenneth Burke - South Easton MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Brian MacKay - Coppell TX, US
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Assignee:
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. - Foxboro MA
International Classification:
G06F 9/44
US Classification:
717122000, 717108000
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object. Configuration-time formulas contained objects are evaluated to constants prior to downloading to the control system.
Process Control Configuration System With Parameterized Objects
US Patent:
7096465, Aug 22, 2006
Filed:
Nov 23, 1999
Appl. No.:
09/448374
Inventors:
Steven Dardinski - Westford MA, US
Keith Eldridge - North Easton MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Brian McKay - Coppell TX, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Keith Eldridge - North Easton MA, US
Robert Hall - South Easton MA, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Brian McKay - Coppell TX, US
Paul Meskonis - Norwood MA, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Assignee:
Invensys Systems, Inc. - Foxboro MA
International Classification:
G06F 9/445
US Classification:
717178, 717121
Abstract:
A process control system is configured via manipulation of objects that model system components, e. g. , sensors, blocks, control processors, historians, workstations, etc. Individual objects include parameters that characterize the underlying components and/or the behavior of the objects themselves. These parameters are derived from the “parents,” from which the objects are created. Derived characteristics need not be defined explicitly but, rather, are defined implicitly or by reference. These derived characteristics may be overridden for an individual object and, thereby, its progeny. Although objects have class-like characteristics (i. e. , insofar as they are definitional in nature), they can be created at configuration time, without the need for recompilation.
Network Event Capture And Retention System
US Patent:
2005012, Jun 9, 2005
Filed:
Dec 3, 2003
Appl. No.:
10/727193
Inventors:
Bernard Brady - East Walpole MA, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Matthew Stevens - Geneva NY, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Mark Johnson - North Attleboro MA, US
Matthew Stevens - Geneva NY, US
Scott Volk - North Easton MA, US
Assignee:
Network Intelligence Corporation - Walpole MA
International Classification:
G06F015/173
US Classification:
719318000, 709224000
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are provided to monitor and analyze activity occurring on a networked computer system. In some embodiments, a method is provided for capturing, in a data structure, at least a portion of a notification describing a network event provided by a node on a computer network, identifying a data element (e.g., an IP address of the node) within the notification, and updating an index and/or summary based on the data element. The data structure may be stored in a file system maintained on a site, and sites may exchange information related to the notification data stored on each. In some embodiments, a query which is issued to a site may be processed using data transferred from other sites, and/or may be split into one or more additional queries which may be transmitted for processing to other sites.