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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2003
Fred Sanford, Attleboro, MA (US);
Robert Bather, Taunton, MA (US);
Martin Culverhouse, St. Thomas, VG;
Walter Sikora, Attleboro, MA (US);
Melanie Russell, Foxboro, MA (US);
Peter Martin, Carver, MA (US);
Robert Hasselbaum, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Russell Barr, Millis, MA (US);
Fred Sanford, Attleboro, MA (US);
Robert Bather, Taunton, MA (US);
Martin Culverhouse, St. Thomas, VG;
Walter Sikora, Attleboro, MA (US);
Melanie Russell, Foxboro, MA (US);
Peter Martin, Carver, MA (US);
Robert Hasselbaum, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Russell Barr, Millis, MA (US);
Invensys Systems, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring performance of an industrial process includes a service portal for collecting, transmitting and analyzing parameter data from process field devices that includes a network connection that connects to a process control system of the industrial process, a remote collector that collects parameter data from process field devices, a processor that identifies, sorts, and stores the collected parameter data and a communications module for transmitting the stored parameter data to a remote monitoring station for analysis.