Patents by Inventor Robert Francis Newman

Robert Francis Newman 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 systems for management and control of an automation control module
    Patent number: 7590712
    Abstract: An automation control module (ACM) includes an ACM central processing unit (CPU), a backplane electrically coupled to the ACM CPU, and a web system embedded within the ACM and electrically coupled to the ACM CPU and backplane. The web system includes a secure web server and is configured to process hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests from a network to program and configure the ACM through the network. The HTTP requests are received by the secure web server and transmitted by the secure web server directly the ACM CPU without using the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Baxter Chambers, II, David Scott Collier, Ferrell Louis Mercer, Jason Daniel Kadingo, Robert Francis Newman, David Charles Elliott, David J. Hietanen
  • Methods and systems for management and control of an automation control module
    Publication number: 20040049557
    Abstract: An automation control module (ACM) includes an ACM central processing unit (CPU) and a web system electrically coupled to the ACM CPU. The web system is configured to process hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests from a network such that a user on the network can at least one of program and configure the ACM using the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Baxter Chambers, David Scott Collier, Ferrell Louis Mercer, Jason Daniel Kadingo, Robert Francis Newman, David Charles Elliott, David J. Hietanen