Patents by Inventor Joshua B. Boroff

Joshua B. Boroff 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 COORDINATING INSERTION AND/OR REMOVAL OF REDUNDANT INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20240012397
    Abstract: A non-transitory, computer-readable medium includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed, by one or more processors associated with a first input/output (I/O) component in an industrial automation system, cause the processors to perform operations. The first I/O component may operate in a single duplex (“suplex”) mode of operation. The operations include detecting a second I/O component in the industrial automation system, determining that a first hardware configuration, a first software configuration, or both, associated with the first I/O component is compatible with a second hardware configuration, a second software configuration, or both, associated with the second I/O component, and reconfiguring the first I/O component to operate in a duplex mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Alex W. Stephens, Joshua B. Boroff
  • Systems and methods for coordinating insertion and/or removal of redundant input/output (I/O) components
    Patent number: 11789433
    Abstract: A non-transitory, computer-readable medium includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed, by one or more processors associated with a first input/output (I/O) component in an industrial automation system, cause the processors to perform operations. The first I/O component may operate in a single duplex (“suplex”) mode of operation. The operations include detecting a second I/O component in the industrial automation system, determining that a first hardware configuration, a first software configuration, or both, associated with the first I/O component is compatible with a second hardware configuration, a second software configuration, or both, associated with the second I/O component, and reconfiguring the first I/O component to operate in a duplex mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex W. Stephens, Joshua B. Boroff
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING INSERTION AND/OR REMOVAL OF REDUNDANT INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20230141240
    Abstract: A non-transitory, computer-readable medium includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed, by one or more processors associated with a first input/output (I/O) component in an industrial automation system, cause the processors to perform operations. The first I/O component may operate in a single duplex (“suplex”) mode of operation. The operations include detecting a second I/O component in the industrial automation system, determining that a first hardware configuration, a first software configuration, or both, associated with the first I/O component is compatible with a second hardware configuration, a second software configuration, or both, associated with the second I/O component, and reconfiguring the first I/O component to operate in a duplex mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Alex W. Stephens, Joshua B. Boroff