Patents by Inventor Mark R. Fredette

Mark R. Fredette 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: 20140040800
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter comprises an enhanced screen organizer component (ESOC) that can efficiently control organization and presentation of desired screens, which relate to an industrial control system, to a user. At design time, a designer employs the ESOC to select and organize one or more screens for a project relating to a control system, create and organize screen folders that can contain desired folders or screens in a hierarchical fashion, select a home screen or favorite screens, respectively, for the operator, role or group, wherein a home screen can be a screen a user views when authenticated into a terminal or the screen the user can be returned to in response to selection of a home control. During run time, the user can access desired screens, and use context menus to select a home screen, favorite screens, or other screens, in accordance with user access rights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Fredette, Steven J. Kowal, Matt S. Delisle, Terrie E. Sauvain, Ronald E. Bliss, Matthew Robert Ericsson
  • Patent number: 8566923
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter comprises an enhanced screen organizer component (ESOC) that can efficiently control organization and presentation of desired screens, which relate to an industrial control system, to a user. At design time, a designer employs the ESOC to select and organize one or more screens for a project relating to a control system, create and organize screen folders that can contain desired folders or screens in a hierarchical fashion, select a home screen or favorite screens, respectively, for the operator, role or group, wherein a home screen can be a screen a user views when authenticated into a terminal or the screen the user can be returned to in response to selection of a home control. During run time, the user can access desired screens, and use context menus to select a home screen, favorite screens, or other screens, in accordance with user access rights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Fredette, Steven J. Kowal, Matt S. Delisle, Terrie E. Sauvain, Ronald E. Bliss, Matthew Robert Ericsson
  • Publication number: 20120198547
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter comprises an enhanced screen organizer component (ESOC) that can efficiently control organization and presentation of desired screens, which relate to an industrial control system, to a user. At design time, a designer employs the ESOC to select and organize one or more screens for a project relating to a control system, create and organize screen folders that can contain desired folders or screens in a hierarchical fashion, select a home screen or favorite screens, respectively, for the operator, role or group, wherein a home screen can be a screen a user views when authenticated into a terminal or the screen the user can be returned to in response to selection of a home control. During run time, the user can access desired screens, and use context menus to select a home screen, favorite screens, or other screens, in accordance with user access rights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Fredette, Steven J. Kowal, Matt S. Delisle, Terrie E. Sauvain, Ronald E. Bliss, Matthew Robert Ericsson