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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Vien Nguyen, Frisco, TX (US);

Patrick Clay, Frisco, TX (US);

David Emerson, Coppell, TX (US);

Hidenori Sawahara, Spring, TX (US);

Andrew Keller, Lewisville, TX (US);

Joseph Malm, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1036 (2022.01); H04L 67/101 (2022.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1036 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 67/101 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

Implementations are described herein for commissioning a distributed control node (DCN) to a process automation network. In various implementations, one or more messages transmitted on the process automation network by the DCN announcing that the DCN has joined the process automation network may be detected. Based on the one or more messages, one or more operational technology (OT) capabilities of the DCN may be determined. Based on the one or more OT capabilities, the DCN may be commissioned to the process automation network, e.g., by configuring the DCN to cooperate with one or more other process automation nodes on the process automation network to implement an at least partially automated process.


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