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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2016
Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Todd M. Toepke, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Joseph D. Fisher, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Christopher P. Kantzes, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Nicholas T. Meyer, Crystal, MN (US);
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques for controlling plant assets in a process plant include assigning permissions to users and user interface devices within the process plant, where the permissions specify a level of access to a plant asset. The permissions are then provided to the user interface devices. When a user connects a user interface device to a plant asset, the user interface device determines which operations the user may perform on the connected plant asset based on the permissions granted to the user.