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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:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2011
Applicants:

Todd M. Toepke, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Christopher P. Kantzes, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Brad N. Mathiowetz, Lakeville, MN (US);

Kun Yang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Adam E. Lund, St. Louis Park, MN (US);

Inventors:

Todd M. Toepke, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Christopher P. Kantzes, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Brad N. Mathiowetz, Lakeville, MN (US);

Kun Yang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Adam E. Lund, St. Louis Park, MN (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05B 19/0426 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23018 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23054 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23126 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23163 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23406 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23445 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23446 (2013.01); G05B 2219/24001 (2013.01); G05B 2219/24056 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25062 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25428 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31121 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31197 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31475 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32007 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32144 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32226 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33331 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35422 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35429 (2013.01); G05B 2219/36122 (2013.01); G05B 2219/36128 (2013.01); Y02P 90/14 (2015.11);
Abstract

A handheld field maintenance tool is provided. The handheld field maintenance tool includes a process communication module configured to communicate with a field device. The handheld field maintenance tool also includes a display and a user input device. A controller is coupled to the process communication module, the user input device and the display and is configured to generate a listing of task-based field maintenance operations on the display and receive a user input selecting a task-based field maintenance operation. The controller is configured to automatically traverse a menu of the field device using a fast-key sequence relative to the selected task. A method of creating a task-based field maintenance operation is provided. A method of interacting with a field device menu is also provided.


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