Patents Assigned to Compass Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6925337
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed that provides a process whereby the parameters and/or functions of a hardware field device, e.g., field controller, can be altered dynamically by the use of a downloadable data table. This programming method is being called “Full Dynamic Linking” (abbreviated as FDL), and provides a mechanism by which software and firmware is written in such a way as to provide extreme flexibility in the application of control processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Compass Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: William Roe
  • Publication number: 20030199999
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed that provides a process whereby the parameters and/or functions of a hardware field device, e.g., field controller, can be altered dynamically by the use of a downloadable data table. This programming method is being called “Full Dynamic Linking” (abbreviated as FDL), and provides a mechanism by which software and firmware is written in such a way as to provide extreme flexibility in the application of control processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: COMPASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: William Roe
  • Patent number: 6529137
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing and displaying “alarm” information. Specifically, four separate windows are simultaneously presented to an operator during an alarm condition, where the four windows present an alarm event, alarm instructions, a map of the location of the alarm event and alarm responses, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Compass Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: William Roe