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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:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);

Inventors:

David J. Dolezilek, Pullman, WA (US);

Benjamin S. Day, Pullman, WA (US);

Dennis Gammel, Pullman, WA (US);

Ryan Bradetich, Pullman, WA (US);

Jerry J Bennett, Pullman, WA (US);

Christopher Ewing, Colfax, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/167 (2006.01); H02H 7/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/261 (2013.01); H02H 1/0061 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are presented for managing communication between devices in an electric power generation and delivery system. In certain embodiments, a method for managing communication messages performed by a network device included in an electric power generation and delivery system may include receiving a message including an identifier and data state information via a communications interface. A determination may be made that that the message represents a data state change associated with the identifier. The message may be stored in a message buffer associated with the identifier. Finally, the stored message may be transmitted from the message buffer to an intelligent electronic device.


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