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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Misty Mccrea Chambers, Barboursville, VA (US);
David J. Hietanen, Charlottesville, VA (US);
William Todd Shelton, Scottsville, VA (US);
Inventors:
Misty McCrea Chambers, Barboursville, VA (US);
David J. Hietanen, Charlottesville, VA (US);
William Todd Shelton, Scottsville, VA (US);
Assignee:
GE FANUC Automation North America, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automation control module (ACM) includes an ACM central processing unit (CPU) and a file transfer system electrically connected to the ACM CPU. The file transfer system is embedded within the ACM, and is configured to receive at least one update for at least one module from a network and transfer the at least one update to the at least one module.