Patents by Inventor Paul E. Hunkar

Paul E. Hunkar 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: 20120089239
    Abstract: An intelligent interface system is provided for connecting an external application to a distributed control system (DCS). The interface system is operable to automatically scan the DCS to determine its configuration and build a topology model of the DCS. The topology model is used to determine whether data requested from a module in the DCS can be provided by the module. The topology model is constructed to be thread-safe. A throttling mechanism in the interface system protects the DCS from being subjected to excessive data requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: ABB Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Sentgeorge, David M. Carney, Paul E. Hunkar