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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
Brian P. Lamothe, Conrad, IA (US);
Richard J. Vanderah, Marshalltown, IA (US);
David S. Willett, Conrad, IA (US);
Damon J. Ellender, Tomball, TX (US);
Brian P. LaMothe, Conrad, IA (US);
Richard J. Vanderah, Marshalltown, IA (US);
David S. Willett, Conrad, IA (US);
Damon J. Ellender, Tomball, TX (US);
Daniel Measurement and Control, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Determining a hierarchical structure, possibly for delivery to an asset management system. Some exemplary embodiments may be a method comprising receiving a message originated by a data acquisition system and destined for a remote process controller (the receiving by a message router), using content of the message to determine a hierarchical structure of a system between the data acquisition system and the remote process controller, forwarding the message by the message router, and passing information related to the hierarchical structure to an asset management system.