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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Endress+hauser Process Solutions Ag, Reinach, CH;
Inventors:
Johannes Sprenger, Lörrach, DE;
Thomas Jögel, Immenstadt, DE;
Holger Eberhard, Stuttgart, DE;
Marco Colucci, Lörrach, DE;
Assignee:
Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG, Reinach, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/105 (2013.01); G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25428 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2113 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2149 (2013.01); G07C 2209/04 (2013.01); H04L 2463/082 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); Y02P 90/10 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method for operating a field device is disclosed, the field device having settings and/or functions classified into different security levels, where one of the settings and/or functions of the field device is selected by a user, at least one security measure is implemented depending upon the security level with which the selected setting and/or function is associated, and the security measure determines whether the selected setting and/or function of the field device is released for the user.