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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:
Nov. 27, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2004
Applicants:

David W. Farchmin, Grafton, WI (US);

John J. Baier, Mentor, OH (US);

Michael D. Kalan, Highland Heights, OH (US);

Randall A. Marquardt, Waukesha, WI (US);

Richard A. Morse, Hudson, OH (US);

Stephen C. Briant, Moon Township, PA (US);

Sujeet Chand, Brookfield, WI (US);

Inventors:

David W. Farchmin, Grafton, WI (US);

John J. Baier, Mentor, OH (US);

Michael D. Kalan, Highland Heights, OH (US);

Randall A. Marquardt, Waukesha, WI (US);

Richard A. Morse, Hudson, OH (US);

Stephen C. Briant, Moon Township, PA (US);

Sujeet Chand, Brookfield, WI (US);

Assignee:

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention employs systems and methods to provide addressing for appropriate access to data in automation devices. Data attributes can be related to a number of various factors in a data driven architecture such as the source of the data, the data subscriber and/or the path employed to convey the data from the source to the subscriber. In addition, data attributes can refer to the format, scale, units, length, visualization and transactional capabilities of the data. The subject invention can point to the appropriate address of the requested data wherein the data can have desired attributes associated therewith. In this manner, data can be selected based on the requirements of the requestor and/or the loading demands of network communication.


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