Patents by Inventor Ralf Engert

Ralf Engert 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).

  • Patent number: 11140041
    Abstract: An arrangement with operator servers and operator clients, wherein process image modules associated with process objects and having tags are stored in the operator servers, where the operator server functions as a local server and the other operator server functions as a remote server, the local server receives the tags stored in the remote servers, where each operator client registers with one of the operator servers to establish a client-server connection, and is also configured to display a system image with block symbols associated with the process objects, and where the local server transmits the process data of the local and the process data of the remote server to the registered operator client via the client-server connection in order to update the block symbols of the system image such that, within the scope of updating a system image, an operator is referred to the communication load between the operator servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Benjamin Lutz, Ralf Engert, Markus Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20200028751
    Abstract: An arrangement with operator servers and operator clients, wherein process image modules associated with process objects and having tags are stored in the operator servers, where the operator server functions as a local server and the other operator server functions as a remote server, the local server receives the tags stored in the remote servers, where each operator client registers with one of the operator servers to establish a client-server connection, and is also configured to display a system image with block symbols associated with the process objects, and where the local server transmits the process data of the local and the process data of the remote server to the registered operator client via the client-server connection in order to update the block symbols of the system image such that, within the scope of updating a system image, an operator is referred to the communication load between the operator servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Lutz, Ralf Engert, Markus Hoffmann