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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Krishan Dhupar, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Alan Gale, Carver, MA (US);
Alan M. Foskett, Mansfield, MA (US);
Marie Deconto-thomas, Forestdale, MA (US);
Krishan Dhupar, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Alan Gale, Carver, MA (US);
Alan M. Foskett, Mansfield, MA (US);
Marie Deconto-Thomas, Forestdale, MA (US);
Invensys Systems, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US);
Abstract
Schemes for synchronizing networked stations using data messages and hardware pulses are described herein. In one embodiment, a method to provide time data from a first processor to at least one second processor may include transmitting a data message from the first processor to the at least one second processor, in which the data message associates a hardware pulse with a future time, and transmitting a hardware pulse from the first processor to the at least one second processor at the future time.