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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey W Wellan, Lakeville, MN (US);
Richard R Sharpe, Jr, Lakeville, MN (US);
Jon D Westbrock, Richfield, MN (US);
Assignee:
Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364130 ; 364138 ; 364550 ;
Abstract
A field device management system communicates with a smart device using a device description written in a communication protocol associated with the smart device and accesses data pertaining to a conventional or non-smart field device using a device description written in conformance with the smart device communication protocol. The field device management system uses the device description for the conventional device to initially request certain data pertaining to the conventional device from a user and then stores this data in a memory for future access.