Patents by Inventor Sigmar Hopf

Sigmar Hopf 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).

  • Use of a reusable control software whose user interface and communication connection are established via an external description-based configuration at run time
    Patent number: 7681138
    Abstract: A system and appertaining method provide a user interface application whose design is optimally modular and can be simply serviced and expanded on, and offers and optimally “free” configuration in order to cover all types of system conditions. A GUI file comprising description of graphical elements and appertaining identifiers is used to permit field changes by non-software developers without rebuilding any software. A similar communications file comprising communications parameters is provided that permits linkage to the GUI file by utilizing identifiers in common with those of the graphical elements in the GUI file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Grasser, Sigmar Hopf, Winfried Lurz, Peter Schmittinger
  • Use of a reusable control software whose user interface and communication connection are established via an external description-based configuration at run time
    Publication number: 20080016466
    Abstract: A system and appertaining method provide a user interface application whose design is optimally modular and can be simply serviced and expanded on, and offers and optimally “free” configuration in order to cover all types of system conditions. A GUI file comprising description of graphical elements and appertaining identifiers is used to permit field changes by non-software developers without rebuilding any software. A similar communications file comprising communications parameters is provided that permits linkage to the GUI file by utilizing identifiers in common with those of the graphical elements in the GUI file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Frank Grasser, Sigmar Hopf, Winfried Lurz, Peter Schmittinger