Patents by Inventor James Patrick Kennedy

James Patrick Kennedy 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).

  • Shared-use data processing for process control systems
    Patent number: 7568000
    Abstract: A data processing system and method for use with a process control system enables a plurality of process plants associated with different business entities to share a remotely situated data processing facility. The data processing facility includes a cluster of redundant servers that are communicatively coupled via a local network. Each of the redundant servers is adapted to acquire and process data received from the plurality of process plants. The data processing facility also includes a plurality of redundant data historians that are communicatively coupled to each other and to the cluster of redundant servers for storage of process data and analysis results. Each of the plurality of process plants includes internet-enabled field devices, internet-enabled field device interfaces, and/or internet-enabled data concentration nodes that send information to and receive information from the data processing facility via the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Rosemount Analytical
    Inventors: Marion A. Keyes, Rahul Deshmukh, Gary G. Cacciatore, Stephen J. Staphanos, James Patrick Kennedy
  • Shared-use data processing for process control systems
    Publication number: 20030041135
    Abstract: A data processing system and method for use with a process control system enables a plurality of process plants associated with different business entities to share a remotely situated data processing facility. The data processing facility includes a cluster of redundant servers that are communicatively coupled via a local network. Each of the redundant servers is adapted to acquire and process data received from the plurality of process plants. The data processing facility also includes a plurality of redundant data historians that are communicatively coupled to each other and to the cluster of redundant servers for storage of process data and analysis results. Each of the plurality of process plants includes internet-enabled field devices, internet-enabled field device interfaces, and/or internet-enabled data concentration nodes that send information to and receive information from the data processing facility via the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Marion A. Keyes, Rahul Deshmukh, Gary G. Cacciatore, Stephen J. Staphanos, James Patrick Kennedy