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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2004
Applicants:

Godfrey R. Sherriff, Austin, TX (US);

Nathan W. Pettus, Georgetown, TX (US);

William G. Irwin, Austin, TX (US);

Grant Wilson, Austin, TX (US);

David L. Deitz, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Godfrey R. Sherriff, Austin, TX (US);

Nathan W. Pettus, Georgetown, TX (US);

William G. Irwin, Austin, TX (US);

Grant Wilson, Austin, TX (US);

David L. Deitz, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G05B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system for equipment arbitration in a process control system are presented. The method and system include receiving a request for a first resource associated with a first area from a first resource user associated with a second area where the first and second areas are distinct. The method and system automatically determine whether the first resource is available for use by the first resource user.


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