Patents by Inventor Patricia Devlin

Patricia Devlin 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).

  • Dynamic user interface for configuring and managing a process control system
    Patent number: 10139812
    Abstract: A process control management method in a computer system for configuring and supervising a process plant includes providing an interactive user interface to manage a plurality of objects in the process plant, where each of the plurality of objects corresponds to a physical or logical entity in the process plant, including generating a navigation pane to display a set of selectable items, each in the set of selectable items corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of objects, and generating a command pane to display a set of selectable controls, each in the set of selectable controls corresponding to a task to be performed on at least one of the plurality of objects in the process plant; receiving a selection of one of an item in the set of selectable items via the navigation panel and a control in the set of selectable controls via the command panel; determining an operational context based on the received selection, wherein the operational context corresponds to one of a range of actions applicable
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan M. Jones, Keith R. Bellville, James R. Balentine, Cindy A. Scott, Hubbard F. Fellows, Patricia Devlin
  • Efficient design and configuration of elements in a process control system
    Patent number: 9417626
    Abstract: A process control configuration method in a user interface of a computer system for developing control strategies of a process plant, where the user interface defines a screen area to display a plurality of independent panes therein, includes generating a first edit pane, including displaying a graphical representation of a first set of logical or physical entities for carrying out respective process control operations in the process plant; generating a second edit pane, including displaying a graphical representation of a second set of logical or physical entities for carrying out respective process control operations in the process plant, wherein each in the first set and the second set of logical or physical entities includes at least one input and at least one output, and wherein each of the first edit pane and the second edit pane defines an independent user interface screen within the screen area; receiving a first selection of an output of a first entity in the first set of logical or physical entities
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan M. Jones, Keith R. Bellville, James R. Balentine, Trevor D. Schleiss, Hubbard F. Fellows, Patricia Devlin