Patents by Inventor James C. Rittenhouse

James C. Rittenhouse 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).

  • System for accessing and browsing a PLC provided within a network
    Patent number: 8751616
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: presenting a PLC network as a namespace shell extension of an operating system of a non-PLC information device; and rendering, to a user of the non-PLC information device, the PLC network as a node of a network. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: presenting a PLC network as a namespace shell extension of an operating system of a non-PLC information device; and searching the PLC network for at least one item corresponding to one or more search parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Karklins, James C. Rittenhouse, James W. Cornett
  • Method for searching across a PLC network
    Patent number: 7860874
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: presenting a PLC network as a namespace shell extension of an operating system of a non-PLC information device; and rendering, to a user of the non-PLC information device, the PLC network as a node of a network. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: presenting a PLC network as a namespace shell extension of an operating system of a non-PLC information device; and searching the PLC network for at least one item corresponding to one or more search parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Karklins, James C. Rittenhouse, James W. Cornett
  • System for searching across a PLC network
    Patent number: 7512593
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: presenting a PLC network as a namespace shell extension of an operating system of a non-PLC information device; and rendering, to a user of the non-PLC information device, the PLC network as a node of a network. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: presenting a PLC network as a namespace shell extension of an operating system of a non-PLC information device; and searching the PLC network for at least one item corresponding to one or more search parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Karklins, James C. Rittenhouse, James W. Cornett