Patents by Inventor Frank E. Wallace

Frank E. Wallace 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).

  • Digital computer monitored system or process which is configured with the aid of an improved automatic programming system
    Patent number: 4227245
    Abstract: An industrial production or other operational system is established by connecting apparatus which implements system operations to a digital computer system using an interface system. Machine readable definitions of events, of executable jobs, and of system variables are prepared for computer entry and ultimately for configuration of the system apparatus into an entity having operational characteristics corresponding to the entered definitions.The definitions of system variables may include definitions of signals which are coupled between the system apparatus and the computer through the interface system, and such signals may be put to system monitoring or control uses or both of these uses in the structured system. Some of the definitions may be computer programs, but most are preferably definitions of the system configuration written out in a language which a systems engineer can understand and use. Generally, definitions may include designators which are names or numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1972
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Warren A. Edblad, John W. Gomola, Frank E. Wallace, William G. Wood, F. David Jones
  • Combined file and directory system for a process control digital computer system
    Patent number: 4215407
    Abstract: An industrial production or other operational system is established by connecting apparatus which implements system operations to a digital computer system using an interface system. Machine readable definitions of events, of executable jobs, and of system variables are prepared for computer entry and ultimately for configuration of the system apparatus into an entity having operational characteristics corresponding to the entered definitions.The definitions of system variables may include definitions of signals which are coupled between the system apparatus and the computer through the interface system, and such signals may be put to system monitoring or control uses or both of these uses in the structured system. Some of the definitions may be computer programs, but most are preferably definitions of the system configuration written out in a language which a systems engineer can understand and use. Generally, definitions may include designators which are names or numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1972
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: John W. Gomola, William G. Wood, F. David Jones, Frank E. Wallace, Ross T. Marano
  • Digital computer monitored and/or operated system or process which is structured for operation with an improved automatic programming process and system
    Patent number: 4215406
    Abstract: An industrial production or other operational system is established by connecting apparatus which implements system operations to a digital computer system using an interface system. Machine readable definitions of events, of executable jobs, and of system variables are prepared for computer entry and ultimately for configuration of the system apparatus into an entity having operational characteristics corresponding to the entered definitions.The definitions of system variables may include definitions of signals which are coupled between the system apparatus and the computer through the interface system, and such signals may be put to system monitoring or control uses or both of these uses in the structured system. Some of the definitions may be computer programs, but most are preferably definitions of the system configuration written out in a language which a systems engineer can understand and use. Generally, definitions may include designators which are names or numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1972
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: John W. Gomola, Theodore C. Giras, William G. Wood, Richard E. Putman, Rodney E. Gilbreath, John S. Deliyannides, Terry B. Cullen, F. David Jones, Warren A. Edblad, Frank E. Wallace