Patents by Inventor David J Lillie

David J Lillie 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 sharing portal configurations
    Patent number: 7895234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods that provide a portal user with role-based access to components on a network via portlets within the portal. The role-based access can be sharable such that one or more users with a similar role can instantiate instances of a shared portal. Sharable configurations can be stored local to the user's portal, local to another portal and/or within a networked storage medium. The access provides a user with an entry-point to components, wherein a user can monitor and control components. The user can additionally configure the portal such that the component access is further based on the user's location. Advantages of the present invention include delineation of access and administrative functionality, the ability to combine web and application servers within a similar environment, and the ability to access (e.g., controlling, collecting and analyzing data, etc.) when the user is not utilizing the portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Lillie, Jayme C. Edwards, Brian Gilbert Riviere
  • Industrial controller interface providing standardized object access to proprietary software objects that interact with industrial controllers
    Patent number: 7836122
    Abstract: An interface for an industrial control system provides, at a server side, a set of objects for programmer use. Instances of object provider objects, linked to each of the software objects, provide a uniform interface for the software objects allowing software objects from different vendors to be used while preserving a common programmer interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayme Edwards, David J. Lillie
  • Industrial controller interface providing standardized object access
    Patent number: 7085841
    Abstract: An interface for an industrial control system provides, at a server side, a set of objects for programmer use. Instances of object provider objects, linked to each of the software objects, provide a uniform interface for the software objects allowing software objects from different vendors to be used while preserving a common programmer interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayme Edwards, David J Lillie
  • Industrial controller interface providing standardized object access
    Publication number: 20030084201
    Abstract: An interface for an industrial control system provides, at a server side, a set of objects for programmer use. Instances of object provider objects, linked to each of the software objects, provide a uniform interface for the software objects allowing software objects from different vendors to be used while preserving a common programmer interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Jayme Edwards, David J. Lillie
  • Most recent first dynamic protocol detection for use with a programmable controller
    Patent number: 5842039
    Abstract: A method to be used with a programmable controller that can communicate with peripheral devices in two protocols, the method for automatically switching controller communication between the two protocols when the protocol used by a peripheral device is different than the protocol currently being used by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Allen Bradley Company, LLC
    Inventors: Kelly P. Hanaway, David J. Lillie, Paul G. Kucharski