Patents by Inventor Lloyd B. Adams

Lloyd B. Adams 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).

  • Peer-to-peer hosting of intelligent field devices
    Patent number: 7610354
    Abstract: Device configurations are stored in a system including at least two intelligent field devices (IFDs) connected by a communications connection. A configuration for a first IFD is stored in the first IFD, and a backup of the configuration for the first IFD is stored in at least one other IFD. Storing a configuration for the first IFD may include having the first IFD request a configuration from at least one other IFD using the communications connection, an IFD having a stored backup of the configuration for the first IFD transmitting the backup to the first IFD using the communications connection, and the first IFD receiving the transmitted backup and storing the received backup in the first IFD as the configuration for the first IFD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd B. Adams, Alexander P. Johnson
  • Peer-to-peer hosting of intelligent field devices
    Patent number: 6978294
    Abstract: Device configurations are stored in a system including at least two intelligent field devices (IFDs) connected by a communications connection. A configuration for a first IFD is stored in the first IFD, and a backup of the configuration for the first IFD is stored in at least one other IFD. Storing a configuration for the first IFD may include having the first IFD request a configuration from at least one other IFD using the communications connection, an IFD having a stored backup of the configuration for the first IFD transmitting the backup to the first IFD using the communications connection, and the first IFD receiving the transmitted backup and storing the received backup in the first IFD as the configuration for the first IFD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd B. Adams, Alexander P. Johnson