Patents by Inventor Matthew Joseph Sullivan
Matthew Joseph Sullivan 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).
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Patent number: 11243677Abstract: A graphical display configuration system of a process control system provides features within the configuration environment that allow a user to create, define, edit, and easily preview the runtime appearance and/or runtime behavior of graphical elements and/or graphical displays in-line with the configuration workflow of the user, without having to compile and/or download draft graphical configurations into the operating environment of a process plant supported by the process control system, and/or without requiring specialized scripts to be implemented within the operating environment of the process plant. Previews of runtime appearances and/or runtime behaviors of draft configurations of graphical elements and/or graphical displays (that are eventually to be executed within the operating environment of the process control system) are able to generated and presented exclusively within the configuration environment, e.g., for testing and/or verification.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Adrian A. Sanchez, Camilo Fadul, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Robert B. Havekost, Stephen G. Hammack, Matthew Joseph Sullivan
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Patent number: 11216159Abstract: A configuration element is presented on a configuration display view for configuring a graphic element object. The graphic element object is to be instantiated on a process control display view, and corresponds to a process entity in a process plant. The configuration element object has a set of properties for an attributed of the graphic element object and includes a link to a configuration display object from which the configuration display view is instantiated. The instantiation of the configuration element object includes a visual representation of the set of properties for the attribute of the graphic element object, and a link to the graphic element object to send data corresponding to a property configured in the configuration element from the set of properties. The configured property corresponds to at least one configured attribute of the graphic element.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Daniel R. Strinden, Robert B. Havekost, Stephen G. Hammack, Stephen C. Gilbert, Matthew Joseph Sullivan, Larry O. Jundt, Roberta Coffman
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Patent number: 10768598Abstract: A graphical display configuration system of a process control system provides features within the configuration environment so that the runtime appearance and/or runtime behavior of graphical elements and/or graphical display views (or portions thereof) are able to be validated and/or verified in-line with their configuration workflows wholly within the configuration environment, without having to publish, compile, and/or download draft graphical configurations into the operating environment of a process plant supported by the process control system, and/or without requiring specialized scripts to be implemented within the operating environment of the process plant. The validation may be based on data provided from one or more sources external to the draft display view configuration, e.g., from the configuration and/or the operating environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Robert B. Havekost, Stephen G. Hammack, Matthew Joseph Sullivan
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Publication number: 20190101882Abstract: A graphical display configuration system of a process control system provides features within the configuration environment so that the runtime appearance and/or runtime behavior of graphical elements and/or graphical display views (or portions thereof) are able to be validated and/or verified in-line with their configuration workflows wholly within the configuration environment, without having to publish, compile, and/or download draft graphical configurations into the operating environment of a process plant supported by the process control system, and/or without requiring specialized scripts to be implemented within the operating environment of the process plant. The validation may be based on data provided from one or more sources external to the draft display view configuration, e.g., from the configuration and/or the operating environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Robert B. Havekost, Stephen G. Hammack, Matthew Joseph Sullivan
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Publication number: 20190102072Abstract: A graphical display configuration system of a process control system provides features within the configuration environment that allow a user to create, define, edit, and easily preview the runtime appearance and/or runtime behavior of graphical elements and/or graphical displays in-line with the configuration workflow of the user, without having to compile and/or download draft graphical configurations into the operating environment of a process plant supported by the process control system, and/or without requiring specialized scripts to be implemented within the operating environment of the process plant. Previews of runtime appearances and/or runtime behaviors of draft configurations of graphical elements and/or graphical displays (that are eventually to be executed within the operating environment of the process control system) are able to generated and presented exclusively within the configuration environment, e.g., for testing and/or verification.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Adrian A. Sanchez, Camilo Fadul, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Robert B. Havekost, Stephen G. Hammack, Matthew Joseph Sullivan
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Publication number: 20180046339Abstract: A configuration element is presented on a configuration display view for configuring a graphic element object. The graphic element object is to be instantiated on a process control display view, and corresponds to a process entity in a process plant. The configuration element object has a set of properties for an attributed of the graphic element object and includes a link to a configuration display object from which the configuration display view is instantiated. The instantiation of the configuration element object includes a visual representation of the set of properties for the attribute of the graphic element object, and a link to the graphic element object to send data corresponding to a property configured in the configuration element from the set of properties. The configured property corresponds to at least one configured attribute of the graphic element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Daniel R. Strinden, Robert B. Havekost, Stephen G. Hammack, Stephen C. Gilbert, Matthew Joseph Sullivan, Larry O. Jundt, Roberta Coffman
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Patent number: 8857280Abstract: An improved sediment trap is adapted for inline placement in a pipe. The sediment trap includes a housing body defining two chambers with an intermediate screen member disposed therebetween. The first chamber includes at least one sidewall coupled to a partial front wall wherein the partial front wall, which is disposed at an end opposite from the intermediate screen member. The second chamber includes at least one sidewall and a rear mesh screen. When placed in-line, the effluent stream deposits solids of a first size in the first chamber and deposits solids of a second size in the second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: City of PortlandInventors: Jeremiah Bawden, Randy Christopher Belson, Matthew Joseph Sullivan
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Publication number: 20140100669Abstract: Flexible graphic element objects in a process plant are configurable both in a run-time operating environment in which a process is being controlled and in a configuration environment. An instantiated flexible graphic element object may be a display view or may be another graphic element included on a display view. A graphic element object may be linked to and/or derived from another graphic element object, and changes to a particular graphic element object may be propagated to its derivations, e.g., according to a distribution policy. Changes to definitions corresponding to a particular graphic element object (e.g., to the definition of a graphic element attribute such as a shape, animation, event handler or property) may be overridden or modified in another object derived from the particular graphic element object. The modified derived object may be renamed and saved separately from the particular graphic element object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Stephen Gerard Hammack, Stephen Copps Gilbert, Matthew Joseph Sullivan, Larry Oscar Jundt
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Publication number: 20130048576Abstract: An improved sediment trap is adapted for inline placement in a pipe. The sediment trap includes a housing body defining two chambers with an intermediate screen member disposed therebetween. The first chamber includes at least one sidewall coupled to a partial front wall wherein the partial front wall, which is disposed at an end opposite from the intermediate screen member. The second chamber includes at least one sidewall and a rear mesh screen. When placed in-line, the effluent stream deposits solids of a first size in the first chamber and deposits solids of a second size in the second chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: CITY OF PORTLANDInventors: Jeremiah Bawden, Randy Christopher Belston, Matthew Joseph Sullivan