Patents by Inventor James Stephen Cahill

James Stephen Cahill 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 control information presented to process plant operators
    Patent number: 8392845
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to upgrade and control information presented to process plant operators are disclosed. A disclosed example method to control information presented to a process plant operator comprises presenting a first version of a process plant display, presenting a dynamic attention user interface when a selectable element of the first version of the process plant operator display is activated, wherein the dynamic attention user interface is to be used to adjust an importance of information presented in the first version of the process plant display, and presenting a second version of the process plant display based on a variable adjusted via the dynamic attention user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Stephen Cahill, Christopher John Felts, Cindy Alsup Scott
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL INFORMATION PRESENTED TO PROCESS PLANT OPERATORS
    Publication number: 20090064019
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to upgrade and control information presented to process plant operators are disclosed. A disclosed example method to control information presented to a process plant operator comprises presenting a first version of a process plant display, presenting a dynamic attention user interface when a selectable element of the first version of the process plant operator display is activated, wherein the dynamic attention user interface is to be used to adjust an importance of information presented in the first version of the process plant display, and presenting a second version of the process plant display based on a variable adjusted via the dynamic attention user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: James Stephen Cahill, Christopher John Felts, Cindy Alsup Scott