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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:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aaron L. Myer, Draper, UT (US);
Daren E. Orth, Farmington, UT (US);
Assignee:
AMX Corporation, Richardson, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/502 ;
Abstract
A control system comprises a master controller and at least one device coupled to the master controller via a network. At least one generic device interface module resides on the master controller, where the device interface module defines a basic protocol for interface with any device. Configuration information associated with the at least one device is used to tailor the at least one generic device interface module to communicate and operate with the at least one device.