Patents by Inventor Pat Dobrowski

Pat Dobrowski 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for importing device data into a database system used in a process plant
    Patent number: 7152072
    Abstract: A system and a methodology creates a mapping of a set of import parameters specifying a device in a first set of import data to a set of output parameters specifying the device in a first database. Such a mapping includes receiving the set of import parameters from an import file containing the first set of import data in a plurality of import records, each import record containing a plurality of import values, each import value corresponding to an import parameter from the set of import parameters; receiving the set of output parameters from the first database; and creating the mapping of the set of import parameters to the set of output parameters. The system and methodology described in here allows users to import data about various types of devices into a device database on a systematic and efficient method. Such a system and methodology also allows a user to maintain a complete database including all devices used within a process plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Pat Dobrowski, Sean Wilson, Nghy Hong, Eric Snyder
  • Methods and apparatus for importing device data into a database system used in a process plant
    Publication number: 20040133598
    Abstract: A system and a methodology creates a mapping of a set of import parameters specifying a device in a first set of import data to a set of output parameters specifying the device in a first database. Such a mapping includes receiving the set of import parameters from an import file containing the first set of import data in a plurality of import records, each import record containing a plurality of import values, each import value corresponding to an import parameter from the set of import parameters; receiving the set of output parameters from the first database; and creating the mapping of the set of import parameters to the set of output parameters. The system and methodology described in here allows users to import data about various types of devices into a device database on a systematic and efficient method. Such a system and methodology also allows a user to maintain a complete database including all devices used within a process plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Pat Dobrowski, Sean Wilson, Nghy Hong, Eric Snyder