Patents by Inventor James Randall Balentine

James Randall Balentine 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to configure a process control system using an electronic description language script
    Patent number: 9354629
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to configure a process control system using an electronic description language (EDL) script are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises loading a first script representative of a process plant, the first script comprising an interpretive system-level script structured in accordance with an electronic description language, and compiling the first script to form a second script, the second script structured in accordance with a vendor-specific configuration language associated with a particular process control system for the process plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Randall Balentine, Gary Keith Law, Mark Nixon
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONFIGURE A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM USING AN ELECTRONIC DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE SCRIPT
    Publication number: 20100211197
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to configure a process control system using an electronic description language (EDL) script are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises loading a first script representative of a process plant, the first script comprising an interpretive system-level script structured in accordance with an electronic description language, and compiling the first script to form a second script, the second script structured in accordance with a vendor-specific configuration language associated with a particular process control system for the process plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: James Randall Balentine, Gary Keith Law, Mark Nixon