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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2001
Marion A. Keyes, St. Louis, MO (US);
Rahul Deshmukh, St. Louis, MO (US);
Gary G. Cacciatore, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Stephen J. Staphanos, Long Beach, CA (US);
James Patrick Kennedy, Incline Village, NV (US);
Marion A. Keyes, St. Louis, MO (US);
Rahul Deshmukh, St. Louis, MO (US);
Gary G. Cacciatore, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Stephen J. Staphanos, Long Beach, CA (US);
James Patrick Kennedy, Incline Village, NV (US);
Rosemount Analytical, Anaheim, CA (US);
Abstract
A data processing system and method for use with a process control system enables a plurality of process plants associated with different business entities to share a remotely situated data processing facility. The data processing facility includes a cluster of redundant servers that are communicatively coupled via a local network. Each of the redundant servers is adapted to acquire and process data received from the plurality of process plants. The data processing facility also includes a plurality of redundant data historians that are communicatively coupled to each other and to the cluster of redundant servers for storage of process data and analysis results. Each of the plurality of process plants includes internet-enabled field devices, internet-enabled field device interfaces, and/or internet-enabled data concentration nodes that send information to and receive information from the data processing facility via the Internet.