Patents by Inventor Johnny Stephen Downor

Johnny Stephen Downor 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).

  • Patent number: 8994545
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein include systems and methods for removal of alerts for a device. In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a controller a controller coupled to a field device. The industrial process control system further includes an alert server coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to detect, via a first protocol, removal of the field device and to communicate, in a second protocol, the removal of the field device to the alert server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith, William Robert Pettigrew
  • Publication number: 20150088281
    Abstract: An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to provide an alert, wherein the field device is configured to receive only a first plurality of behaviors for the alert and a controller of an industrial control system. The controller is configured to receive the alert and to customize a second plurality of behaviors. The controller is further configured to overlay the second plurality of behaviors on the alert, and the controller is configured to process one or more of the second plurality of behaviors differently than the first plurality of behaviors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Johnny Stephen Downor
  • Patent number: 8952804
    Abstract: An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to provide an alert having a first parameter and a controller configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of parameters on the alert, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the alert having the first parameter and the second plurality of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: General Electrict Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Patent number: 8937555
    Abstract: An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to receive only a first plurality of behaviors for the alert and a controller of an industrial control system, wherein the controller is configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of behaviors on the alert, and the controller is configured to process one or more of the second plurality of behaviors differently than the first plurality of behaviors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Patent number: 8885665
    Abstract: An industrial process control system is provided. The industrial control system includes an alarm server with a processor configured to receive device information representative of field device information extracted from a device definition file. The processor is further configured to translate the device information into a first format interpretable by a global system for mobile communications (GSM) server and provide the device information in the first format to the GSM server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Patent number: 8856302
    Abstract: An industrial process control system is provided. The industrial control system includes an alarm server with a processor configured to receive device information representative of field device information extracted from a device definition file. The processor is further configured to translate the device information into a first format interpretable by a global system for mobile communications (OPC AE) server and provide the device information in the first format to the OPC AE server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Patent number: 8730054
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a field device configured to provide an alert. The process control system also includes a graphical user interface configured to present an alarm for the alert, and an alarm server comprising a processor and configured to associate an alarm class with the alert. The alarm class includes a plurality of alarm attributes having a respective plurality of values, and the graphical user interface is configured to present the alarm for the alert based on the plurality of alarm attributes and the respective plurality of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Patent number: 8667078
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a processor configured to translate a device definition (DD) file, extract device information for a field device from the DD file, and convert the device information into a first format. The process control system also includes a configuration server configured to receive the device information in the first format from the processor, store the device information in a memory, and respond to queries for the device information in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith, David Richard Socky
  • Publication number: 20120306658
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein include systems and methods for removal of alerts for a device. In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a controller a controller coupled to a field device. The industrial process control system further includes an alert server coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to detect, via a first protocol, removal of the field device and to communicate, in a second protocol, the removal of the field device to the alert server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith, William Robert Pettigrew
  • Publication number: 20120306648
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a field device comprising a first plurality of parameters. The process control system also includes a user interface configured to provide for selection of the field device and selection of an alert representation of the field device to enable an alert of the field device. The process control system also includes a controller configured to set the first plurality of parameters of the field device to a respective first plurality of values to enable the alert based on the selection of the alert representation in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Publication number: 20120310373
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein include a system and a method. In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a controller coupled to a field device. The industrial process control system further includes an alert server coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to receive alert information from the field device in a first protocol and communicate the alert information to the alert server in a second protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith, William Robert Pettigrew
  • Publication number: 20120306638
    Abstract: An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to provide an alert having a first parameter and a controller configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of parameters on the alert, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the alert having the first parameter and the second plurality of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Publication number: 20120310381
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a field device configured to provide an alert. The process control system also includes a graphical user interface configured to present an alarm for the alert, and an alarm server comprising a processor and configured to associate an alarm class with the alert. The alarm class includes a plurality of alarm attributes having a respective plurality of values, and the graphical user interface is configured to present the alarm for the alert based on the plurality of alarm attributes and the respective plurality of values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Publication number: 20120311071
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a processor configured to translate a device definition (DD) file, extract device information for a field device from the DD file, and convert the device information into a first format. The process control system also includes a configuration server configured to receive the device information in the first format from the processor, store the device information in a memory, and respond to queries for the device information in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith, David Richard Socky
  • Publication number: 20120310383
    Abstract: An industrial process control system is provided that includes one or more fieldbus devices configured to communicate alarm or alert information representative of alarms and alerts using a first format. The industrial process control system also includes a linking device connected to the one or more fieldbus devices that is configured to publish the alarm or alert information from the fieldbus devices to one or more computers of the industrial process control system. A controller is also included that is configured to receive the alarm or alert information from the linking device. The controller is configured to interpret the alarm or alert information and create a list of the alarms and alerts in a second format interpretable by an alarm server of the industrial process control system, wherein the alarm server cannot interpret the first format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith, David Evans McMillan, James Daniel Harshfield, William Robert Pettigrew
  • Publication number: 20120310388
    Abstract: An industrial process control system is provided. The industrial control system includes an alarm server with a processor configured to receive device information representative of field device information extracted from a device definition file. The processor is further configured to translate the device information into a first format interpretable by a global system for mobile communications (GSM) server and provide the device information in the first format to the GSM server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Publication number: 20120310382
    Abstract: An industrial process control system is provided. The industrial control system includes an alarm server with a processor configured to receive device information representative of field device information extracted from a device definition file. The processor is further configured to translate the device information into a first format interpretable by a global system for mobile communications (OPC AE) server and provide the device information in the first format to the OPC AE server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Publication number: 20120310380
    Abstract: An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to receive only a first plurality of behaviors for the alert and a controller of an industrial control system, wherein the controller is configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of behaviors on the alert, and the controller is configured to process one or more of the second plurality of behaviors differently than the first plurality of behaviors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith