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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. 31, 2015

Filed:

May. 31, 2011
Applicants:

John Michael Karaffa, Roanoke, VA (US);

Johnny Stephen Downor, Salem, VA (US);

Steven William Smith, Roanoke, VA (US);

William Robert Pettigrew, Christiansburg, VA (US);

Inventors:

John Michael Karaffa, Roanoke, VA (US);

Johnny Stephen Downor, Salem, VA (US);

Steven William Smith, Roanoke, VA (US);

William Robert Pettigrew, Christiansburg, VA (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 3/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4186 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25206 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31369 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33151 (2013.01);
Abstract

The embodiments described herein include systems and methods for removal of alerts for a device. In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a controller a controller coupled to a field device. The industrial process control system further includes an alert server coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to detect, via a first protocol, removal of the field device and to communicate, in a second protocol, the removal of the field device to the alert server.


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