Patents by Inventor Frank Froessler

Frank Froessler 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).

  • Method and server for generating a display and operating view for an operating and monitoring device of an industrial automation arrangement
    Patent number: 9235454
    Abstract: A method and a server for generating a display and operating view for an operating and monitoring device of an industrial automation arrangement, wherein after an event has been logged, information relating to the event and details of the identity or role of a user of the operating and monitoring device are transmitted to an entity, after which planned information relating to at least one component of the industrial automation arrangement affected by the event is retrieved from an engineering database using the event and specifically for the identity or role of the user, current state information is also retrieved from the at least one affected component, and finally the planned information and the state information is used to generate the display and operating view such that, the display and operating images are advantageously set up and activated in an event-controlled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Becker, Frank Froessler, Raffaello Lepratti, Stefan Ritschel, Jan Rougoor, Josef Schindler, Steffen Weber
  • METHOD AND SERVER FOR GENERATING A DISPLAY AND OPERATING VIEW FOR AN OPERATING AND MONITORING DEVICE OF AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20140173637
    Abstract: A method and a server for generating a display and operating view for an operating and monitoring device of an industrial automation arrangement, wherein after an event has been logged, information relating to the event and details of the identity or role of a user of the operating and monitoring device are transmitted to an entity, after which planned information relating to at least one component of the industrial automation arrangement affected by the event is retrieved from an engineering database using the event and specifically for the identity or role of the user, current state information is also retrieved from the at least one affected component, and finally the planned information and the state information is used to generate the display and operating view such that, the display and operating images are advantageously set up and activated in an event-controlled manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Norbert BECKER, Frank Froessler, Raffaello Lepratti, Stefan Ritschel, Jan Rougoor, Josef Schindler, Steffen Weber