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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:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2008
John Michael Prall, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
John Michael Prall, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and system for improving communications for systems () including at least one communications protocol (CP) enabled server device (). The method comprises performing a first diagnostic process (). The first diagnostic process includes classifying at least one CP enabled server device as a malfunctioning device or an operational device. The method also includes preventing the CP enabled server device from participating in write or read transactions if it is classified as a malfunctioning device in the first diagnostic process. The CP enabled server device is prevented from participating in write or read transaction until the CP enabled server devices is reclassified in a subsequent repetition of the first diagnostic process as an operational device. The method further includes performing a write or read process with the CP enabled server device if it is classified as an operational device in the first diagnostic process.