Graphical view sidebar for a process control system

US9043003B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9043003-B2
Application numberUS-53352609-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 31, 2009
Priority dateJul 31, 2009
Publication dateMay 26, 2015
Grant dateMay 26, 2015

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Abstract

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A secondary or “sidebar” display within a process control environment may provide several small applications to allow business managers, engineers, maintenance personnel, or other non-operator personnel to organize and manage process control system information and to display selected diagnostics and summary information or “key operating parameters” for the process control system. Further, sidebar applications may communicate with other applications that are executing on a non-operator user's workstation to, thereby, retrieve information related to tasks that the user is currently completing. The sidebar application may then determine whether certain process control information may be useful for the main task the user is completing and display that process control information within the sidebar.

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What is claimed is: 1. A process control management system for controlling and managing a plurality of devices operating within a process control plant, the system comprising: a process control plant including a functional area and a plurality of controllers for implementing a control strategy of the process control management system, each of the controllers communicatively linked to a device of the process control plant, the device performing a process function of the control str…

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What does patent US9043003B2 cover?
A secondary or “sidebar” display within a process control environment may provide several small applications to allow business managers, engineers, maintenance personnel, or other non-operator personnel to organize and manage process control system information and to display selected diagnostics and summary information or “key operating parameters” for the process control system. Further, sideb…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Campney Bruce H, Schleiss Trevor D, Fisher Rosemount Systems Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G05B23/0267. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 26 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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