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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
David A. Glanzer, Georgetown, TX (US);
Joseph D. Duffy, Georgetown, TX (US);
Stephen B. Mitschke, Austin, TX (US);
John Carl Gabler, Irvine, CA (US);
L Jonas F. Berge, Singapore, SG;
Ram Ramachandran, Austin, TX (US);
David A. Glanzer, Georgetown, TX (US);
Joseph D. Duffy, Georgetown, TX (US);
Stephen B. Mitschke, Austin, TX (US);
John Carl Gabler, Irvine, CA (US);
L Jonas F. Berge, Singapore, SG;
Ram Ramachandran, Austin, TX (US);
Fieldbus Foundation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system and process is provided for communicating safety-related data, over an open system, from a sender to a receiver. Safety-related components, including function blocks, flexible function blocks, resource blocks and transducer blocks, as well as, safety-related objects are provided. Also, an extended safety-related protocol provides for authenticating communications between safety-related components over an existing black channel, such as one using a fieldbus Architecture.