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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Bristol, Inc., Watertown, CT (US);
Inventor:
Xuedong Liu, Avon, CT (US);
Assignee:
BRISTOL, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 13/4063 (2013.01); G06F 13/42 (2013.01); H04L 69/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to identify a communication protocol being used in a process control system are disclosed. An example method includes determining a message structure of a process control message received via a port, determining that the message structure corresponds to a first one of a plurality of process control message protocols, and processing the process control message according to the first process control message protocol.