Patents by Inventor Kenneth V. Spenser

Kenneth V. Spenser 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).

  • Project organization and dissemination system for machine programming and control systems
    Patent number: 6839600
    Abstract: A project organization and dissemination system for a machine programming and control system includes a project development environment that communicates with a distributed communications system. The project development environment includes project tools for designing project elements. The project tools include a control logic module that generates and edits flowchart project elements that include flowchart blocks and contain control logic for operating a device to further a process. A project archival system communicates with the distributed communications system and stores the project elements. A web enabled device communicates with the distributed communications system and allows remote access to the project elements. Other project elements include human machine interface (HMI), databases, network layout, electrical and electromechanical devices, spatial arrangement, process logic and flow, and/or facility layout and design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Entivity, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth V. Spenser, Michael Schoonmaker, Lee Reid, James B. Behm, Kurudi Muralidhar, Andrew H. McMillan
  • Project organization and dissemination system for machine programming and control systems
    Publication number: 20030041051
    Abstract: A project organization and dissemination system for a machine programming and control system includes a project development environment that communicates with a distributed communications system. The project development environment includes project tools for designing project elements. The project tools include a control logic module that generates and edits flowchart project elements that include flowchart blocks and contain control logic for operating a device to further a process. A project archival system communicates with the distributed communications system and stores the project elements. A web enabled device communicates with the distributed communications system and allows remote access to the project elements. Other project elements include human machine interface (HMI), databases, network layout, electrical and electromechanical devices, spatial arrangement, process logic and flow, and/or facility layout and design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth V. Spenser, Michael Schoonmaker, Lee Reid, James B. Behm, Kurudi Muralidhar, Andrew H. McMillan