Patents by Inventor Christopher Felts

Christopher Felts has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110257767
    Abstract: A data collection and viewing application associated with a batch process control system used within a process plant provides a user interface that allows a user to quickly and easily examine a particular batch process or a batch run, to compare separate batch runs and/or to determine whether the particular batch run deviates from a norm, without having to perform a lot of manual data manipulation. To this end, the user interface provides or creates a compact graphical representation of a batch, illustrating a number of different types of batch-related data in relation to one another in a manner that enables a user to easily view or understand the operation of the batch run, either alone or as compared with one or more other batch runs. Generally speaking, the compact batch view includes a number of graphical layers which are juxtaposed or interleaved on a display, with each of the layers providing different types of information about the operation of the batch, time synchronized with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Worek, Bruce Campney, William G. Irwin, Christopher Felts
  • Publication number: 20100280630
    Abstract: A data collection and viewing application associated with a batch process control system used within a process plant provides a user interface that allows a user to quickly and easily examine a particular batch process or a batch run, to compare separate batch runs and/or to determine whether the particular batch run deviates from a norm, without having to perform a lot of manual data manipulation. To this end, the user interface provides or creates a compact graphical representation of a batch, illustrating a number of different types of batch-related data in relation to one another in a manner that enables a user to easily view or understand the operation of the batch run, either alone or as compared with one or more other batch runs. Generally speaking, the compact batch view includes a number of graphical layers which are juxtaposed or interleaved on a display, with each of the layers providing different types of information about the operation of the batch, time synchronized with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Worek, Bruce Campney, William G. Irwin, Christopher Felts
  • Patent number: 7793292
    Abstract: A data collection and viewing application provides a user interface that allows a user to quickly and easily examine a particular batch process or a batch run, to compare separate batch runs and/or to determine whether the particular batch run deviates from a norm, without having to perform a lot of manual data manipulation. To this end, the user interface provides or creates a compact graphical representation of a batch, illustrating a number of different types of batch-related data in relation to one another in a manner that enables a user to easily view or understand the operation of the batch run, either alone or as compared with one or more other batch runs. Moreover, process alarms, alerts, events, as well as other information may be placed in one or more additional layers, and the various layers may be shown together to provide a compact graphical view of the batch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Worek, Bruce Campney, William G. Irwin, Christopher Felts
  • Publication number: 20080066019
    Abstract: A data collection and viewing application associated with a batch process control system used within a process plant provides a user interface that allows a user to quickly and easily examine a particular batch process or a batch run, to compare separate batch runs and/or to determine whether the particular batch run deviates from a norm, without having to perform a lot of manual data manipulation. To this end, the user interface provides or creates a compact graphical representation of a batch, illustrating a number of different types of batch-related data in relation to one another in a manner that enables a user to easily view or understand the operation of the batch run, either alone or as compared with one or more other batch runs. Generally speaking, the compact batch view includes a number of graphical layers which are juxtaposed or interleaved on a display, with each of the layers providing different types of information about the operation of the batch, time synchronized with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Worek, Bruce Campney, William G. Irwin, Christopher Felts
  • Patent number: 7162534
    Abstract: A transactional data communications system and method communicates information within an enterprise having a process control system and a plurality of information technology systems that are communicatively coupled to the process control system via a web services interface and a transactional information server. The system and method generates transactional process control information and formats the transactional process control information based on an extensible markup language input schema to form formatted transactional process control information. The system and method sends the formatted transactional process control information to the transactional information server via the web services interface and maps the formatted transactional process control information to an extensible markup language output schema associated with one of the plurality of information technology systems to form mapped transactional process control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor D. Schleiss, Mark J. Nixon, Neil J. Peterson, Christopher Felts, Grant Wilson
  • Publication number: 20030014500
    Abstract: A transactional data communications system and method communicates information within an enterprise having a process control system and a plurality of information technology systems that are communicatively coupled to the process control system via a web services interface and a transactional information server. The system and method generates transactional process control information and formats the transactional process control information based on an extensible markup language input schema to form formatted transactional process control information. The system and method sends the formatted transactional process control information to the transactional information server via the web services interface and maps the formatted transactional process control information to an extensible markup language output schema associated with one of the plurality of information technology systems to form mapped transactional process control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Trevor D. Schleiss, Mark J. Nixon, Neil J. Peterson, Christopher Felts, Grant Wilson