Patents by Inventor Narendra Kulkami

Narendra Kulkami 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).

  • Publication number: 20120236769
    Abstract: A method includes communicatively coupling a user device to a field device in an industrial control system in order to configure and provision the field device. The method also includes selecting an operating mode of the user device. The method further includes, in response to selecting a first operating mode, providing configuration data from the user device to the field device in order to configure the field device. In addition, the method lo includes, in response to selecting a second operating mode, providing provisioning data from the user device to the field device in order to provision the field device onto a wireless network. Providing the configuration data and the provisioning data could include communicating the provisioning data and the configuration data to the field device through an out-of-band communication interface. The out-of-band communication interface may include a direct wired interface or infrared interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Powell, Narendra Kulkami, Usha Kuloor, Apurva Pathak