Patents by Inventor James Daniel Harshfield

James Daniel Harshfield 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THIRD-PARTY FOUNDATION FIELDBUS INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20120310383
    Abstract: An industrial process control system is provided that includes one or more fieldbus devices configured to communicate alarm or alert information representative of alarms and alerts using a first format. The industrial process control system also includes a linking device connected to the one or more fieldbus devices that is configured to publish the alarm or alert information from the fieldbus devices to one or more computers of the industrial process control system. A controller is also included that is configured to receive the alarm or alert information from the linking device. The controller is configured to interpret the alarm or alert information and create a list of the alarms and alerts in a second format interpretable by an alarm server of the industrial process control system, wherein the alarm server cannot interpret the first format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith, David Evans McMillan, James Daniel Harshfield, William Robert Pettigrew
  • Compressed data storage to provide recent and summary data
    Patent number: 7966318
    Abstract: The present invention is related to data storage and transmission. Data is compressed and stored by a controller computer instead of having a client computer gather, compress and store the data. This allows for data to be retrieved from the data stores and displayed for user retrieval, even when communication failures have occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: James Daniel Harshfield
  • COMPRESSED DATA STORAGE TO PROVIDE RECENT AND SUMMARY DATA
    Publication number: 20090132567
    Abstract: The present invention is related to data storage and transmission. Data is compressed and stored by a controller computer instead of having a client computer gather, compress and store the data. This allows for data to be retrieved from the data stores and displayed for user retrieval, even when communication failures have occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: General Electric Corporation
    Inventor: James Daniel HARSHFIELD