Invensys Systems, Inc.

Mitek Systems, Inc.

Aveva Software, LLC

Mikhail Avergun

Hendrik Johannes Victor

Yevgeny V Naryzhny

Grisha Nepomniachtchi

John J Roach

Elliott Scott Middleton, Jr

Robert L Couch

Llewellyn John Knox-Davies

Hendrik J Victor

Llewellyn J Knox-Davies

Systems and methods for applying for and creating balance transfers with a mobile device are provided. An image of a customer's financial statement can be taken using a mobile device, after which the image is analyzed to extract information relevant to creating a balance transfer. The extracted information is then communicated to a bank over a network connected with the mobile device, where the bank can process the information and create an offer to the customer for a balance transfer in real-time. An example financial statement is a credit card statement. These systems and methods may comprise capturing an image of a document using a mobile communication device; transmitting the image to a server; detecting relevant information within the image; transmitting the information to a bank; and transmitting a resulting balance transfer offer from the bank to the mobile device.

Systems and methods for obtaining financial offers using mobile image capture

A data acquisition service on a network node is disclosed for forwarding received process data to a process history database over a potentially slow and/or intermittent network connection. A store and forward functionality within the networked node receives incoming process data via a first network interface and forwards outgoing process data via a second network interface. The disclosed store and forward functionality includes an immediate transmission cache and a store and forward storage. The store control enters, in response to detecting an entry condition, an activated mode wherein incoming process data is directed to the store and forward storage. A read control forwards outgoing process data to the second network interface from the immediate transmission cache and store and forward storage. The read control includes at least a first configurable parameter that constrains a rate at which data retrieved from the store and forward storage is forwarded via the second network interface.

System and method for managing industrial process control data streams over network links

Disclosed is a technique for managing items in a memory store. A 'free-space size threshold' is set for the memory store. An age parameter is also set. When the amount of free space in the store decreases below the threshold, space in the store is freed up by removing memory items. Memory items older than specified by the age parameter are also removed. A 'chain' of memory stores can be implemented. When a memory item is removed from the first store, it is added to the second store and so on. The techniques of the present invention can be implemented in each store in the chain, or the stores can use different memory management techniques.

Method and system for time-weighted history block management

Disclosed is a technique for managing memory items in a cache. An 'age-lock' parameter is set to protect the newer memory items. When an incoming memory item (such as a history block header) is to be added to the cache, the amount of free space in the cache is checked. If there is insufficient free space for the incoming memory item, then space is freed up by removing memory items from the cache. No memory items protected by the age-lock parameter are removed. Of the older items, the selection for removal follows any of a number of well know cache management techniques, such as the 'least recently used' algorithm. A &#x201c;maximum size&#x201d; parameter can be set for the cache. If the cache exceeds this maximum size, then free space is released and memory items are removed to decrease the cache size.

Method and system for time-weighted cache management

A control system database server is disclosed that includes a data compression facility that implements a compression test sequence on streams of time stamped data points rendered by components of a control system. A deadband/time override is incorporated into the compression test sequence to ensure that a previously received data point, within the stream of received data points, is saved within a designated time period even if the compression test sequence would have determined that the data point be discarded. The series of compressed/tabled data points, corresponding to the received steams of data points, are thereafter provided by the historian to requesting client applications that, by way of example, retrieve the compressed, time stamped data point streams for the purpose of constructing and displaying trend graphs.

System and method for applying deadband filtering to time series data streams to be stored within an industrial process manufacturing/production database

Disclosed is a data collection and retrieval system that puts data produced by real-time and non-real-time data sources into parallel &ldquo;streams&rdquo; or data files. Real-time data points are stored with time stamps in data files and non-real-time data points with time stamps are stored in other data files. Real-time data points are stamped with the times at which their data were collected. Non-real-time data points are stored in time-sequential order, the sequence time being the time of relevance rather than the time of collection. By referencing the streams that contain data points relevant to a given period, header files facilitate coordinated retrieval of data from multiple parallel streams. The time stamps allow the data points to be merged together into one coordinated, time-sequential data stream for analysis. The parallel stream data collection and retrieval technique allows operators to add or delete data sources without shutting down the process being monitored.

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Mikhail Avergun