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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:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2004
Applicant:
Stephen Scott Strickland, Terrace Park, OH (US);
Inventor:
Stephen Scott Strickland, Terrace Park, OH (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for configuring a control processor in a process control system. Barcode configuration data contain operating features of a process control network component is entered via an optical scanner and the data is forwarded to a control processor. The control processor uses the data to generate a configuration file used to setup or modify processor operating parameters.