Patents by Inventor Ryan Bradetich
Ryan Bradetich 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).
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Patent number: 11652846Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (IED) of an electric power distribution system includes processing circuitry and a memory that includes a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable comprising instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to receive operating data associated with the electric power distribution system, determine whether the operating data matches with expected operating data, generate a connectivity association key (CAK) based on the operating data in response to a determination that the operating data matches with the expected operating data, and establishing a connectivity association based on the CAK.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Bradetich, Colin Gordon, Arun Shrestha, Karen S J Wyszczelski, Hidayatullah Ahsan
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Publication number: 20220345488Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (IED) of an electric power distribution system includes processing circuitry and a memory that includes a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable comprising instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to receive operating data associated with the electric power distribution system, determine whether the operating data matches with expected operating data, generate a connectivity association key (CAK) based on the operating data in response to a determination that the operating data matches with the expected operating data, and establishing a connectivity association based on the CAK.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Bradetich, Colin Gordon, Arun Shrestha, Karen SJ Wyszczelski, Hidayatullah Ahsan
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Publication number: 20220294823Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (IED) of an electric power distribution system includes processing circuitry and a memory that includes a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable comprising instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to receive operating data associated with the electric power distribution system, determine whether the operating data matches with expected operating data, generate a connectivity association key (CAK) based on the operating data in response to a determination that the operating data matches with the expected operating data, and establishing a connectivity association based on the CAK.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Bradetich, Colin Gordon, Arun Shrestha, Karen SJ Wyszczelski, Hidayatullah Ahsan
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Patent number: 11425167Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (IED) of an electric power distribution system includes processing circuitry and a memory that includes a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable comprising instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to receive operating data associated with the electric power distribution system, determine whether the operating data matches with expected operating data, generate a connectivity association key (CAK) based on the operating data in response to a determination that the operating data matches with the expected operating data, and establishing a connectivity association based on the CAK.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Bradetich, Colin Gordon, Arun Shrestha, Karen S J Wyszczelski, Hidayatullah Ahsan
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Patent number: 10380815Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide for managing transient assets used in connection with an access-controlled area of a distribution site of an electric power delivery system. In some embodiments, one or more users entering and access-controlled area may be identified via physical access control credentials provided to an associated access control system. Transient assets brought within an access-controlled area may be detected via one or more wired and/or wireless communication channels and may be associated with the one or more identified users located within the access-controlled area.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Kylan T. Robinson, Rhett Smith, George W. Masters, Ryan Bradetich
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Patent number: 9900206Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for establishing communication with a remote communication device in a software defined network (SDN) during time when an SDN controller is unavailable. In one embodiment, a local communication device may be configured to receive a plurality of data flows from an SDN controller and to store the plurality of data flows in a persistent data memory. The device may generate a unique identifier for the local communication device that is transmitted to a remote communication device. Following a disruption the results in the SDN controller being unavailable, the local communication device may recover into a default configured state based on the plurality of data flows in the persistent data memory. The local communication device may then transmit the unique identifier to the remote communication device after the disruption to begin a process of reestablishing communication with the remote communication device.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Barry Jakob Grussling, Jason A. Dearien, Ryan Bradetich
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Patent number: 9773363Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide for managing transient assets used in connection with an access-controlled area of a distribution site of an electric power delivery system. In some embodiments, one or more users entering and access-controlled area may be identified via physical access control credentials provided to an associated access control system. Transient assets brought within an access-controlled area may be detected via one or more wired and/or wireless communication channels and may be associated with the one or more identified users located within the access-controlled area.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Kylan T. Robinson, Rhett Smith, George W. Masters, Ryan Bradetich
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Publication number: 20170221287Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide for managing transient assets used in connection with an access-controlled area of a distribution site of an electric power delivery system. In some embodiments, one or more users entering and access-controlled area may be identified via physical access control credentials provided to an associated access control system. Transient assets brought within an access-controlled area may be detected via one or more wired and/or wireless communication channels and may be associated with the one or more identified users located within the access-controlled area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Kylan T. Robinson, Rhett Smith, George W. Masters, Ryan Bradetich
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Publication number: 20170111904Abstract: Systems and methods for preserving determinism of communications formatted according to a deterministic communication protocol where communications formatted according to various communications protocols are transmitted. The system includes a packet parsing module and a multiplexing engine to determine scheduled egress times and delay transmission of certain communications until communications that are formatted according to the deterministic communication protocol have egressed an outbound port.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventor: Ryan Bradetich
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Patent number: 9620955Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for managing communication between devices in an electric power generation and delivery system. In certain embodiments, a method for managing communication messages performed by a network device included in an electric power generation and delivery system may include receiving a message including an identifier and data state information via a communications interface. A determination may be made that that the message represents a data state change associated with the identifier. The message may be stored in a message buffer associated with the identifier. Finally, the stored message may be transmitted from the message buffer to an intelligent electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: David J. Dolezilek, Benjamin S. Day, Dennis Gammel, Ryan Bradetich, Jerry J Bennett, Christopher Ewing
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Publication number: 20170046894Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide for managing transient assets used in connection with an access-controlled area of a distribution site of an electric power delivery system. In some embodiments, one or more users entering and access-controlled area may be identified via physical access control credentials provided to an associated access control system. Transient assets brought within an access-controlled area may be detected via one or more wired and/or wireless communication channels and may be associated with the one or more identified users located within the access-controlled area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Kylan T. Robinson, Rhett Smith, George W. Masters, Ryan Bradetich
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Publication number: 20170026226Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for establishing communication with a remote communication device in a software defined network (SDN) during time when an SDN controller is unavailable. In one embodiment, a local communication device may be configured to receive a plurality of data flows from an SDN controller and to store the plurality of data flows in a persistent data memory. The device may generate a unique identifier for the local communication device that is transmitted to a remote communication device. Following a disruption the results in the SDN controller being unavailable, the local communication device may recover into a default configured state based on the plurality of data flows in the persistent data memory. The local communication device may then transmit the unique identifier to the remote communication device after the disruption to begin a process of reestablishing communication with the remote communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2015Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Barry Jakob Grussling, Jason A. Dearien, Ryan Bradetich
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Patent number: 9363200Abstract: Disclosed herein are various systems and methods that may improve the transmission of data over low-bandwidth communication channels in an electric power delivery system. Devices communicating across a low-bandwidth communication channel may implement several approaches, according to various embodiments disclosed herein, to reduce the data transmitted across the low-bandwidth communication channel and to prioritize the transmission of time-sensitive and/or more important information with respect to other data. Various embodiments disclosed herein may inspect packets to be transmitted across a low-bandwidth communication channel in order to identify high priority data. High priority data may be time-sensitive information, and accordingly, transmission of such data may be prioritized over other data in order to reduce transmission latency of the higher priority data.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Bogdan Z. Kasztenny, Timothy P. Tibbals, David J. Dolezilek, Benjamin S. Day, Ryan Bradetich, Jerry J. Bennett, Shankar V. Achanta
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Patent number: 9270109Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for exchanging messages between devices in an electrical power generation and delivery system. In certain embodiments, a method for exchanging messages between devices may include transmitting messages included in a message stream that includes multiple redundant copies of the messages. An indication may be received that at least one message of the message stream was received by an intended receiving device. Transmission of further redundant copies of the message included in the message stream may be determined based on receipt of the indication.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: David J. Dolezilek, Benjamin S. Day, Dennis Gammel, Ryan Bradetich, Jerry J Bennett, Christopher Ewing
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Publication number: 20150358253Abstract: Disclosed herein are various systems and methods that may improve the transmission of data over low-bandwidth communication channels in an electric power delivery system. Devices communicating across a low-bandwidth communication channel may implement several approaches, according to various embodiments disclosed herein, to reduce the data transmitted across the low-bandwidth communication channel and to prioritize the transmission of time-sensitive and/or more important information with respect to other data. Various embodiments disclosed herein may inspect packets to be transmitted across a low-bandwidth communication channel in order to identify high priority data. High priority data may be time-sensitive information, and accordingly, transmission of such data may be prioritized over other data in order to reduce transmission latency of the higher priority data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Bogdan Z. Kasztenny, Timothy P. Tibbals, David J. Dolezilek, Benjamin S. Day, Ryan Bradetich, Jerry J. Bennett, Shankar V. Achanta
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Patent number: 9065763Abstract: Disclosed herein are various systems and methods that may improve the transmission of data over low-bandwidth communication channels in an electric power delivery system. Devices communicating across a low-bandwidth communication channel may implement several approaches, according to various embodiments disclosed herein, to reduce the data transmitted across the low-bandwidth communication channel and to prioritize the transmission of time-sensitive and/or more important information with respect to other data. Various embodiments disclosed herein may inspect packets to be transmitted across a low-bandwidth communication channel in order to identify high priority data. High priority data may be time-sensitive information, and accordingly, transmission of such data may be prioritized over other data in order to reduce transmission latency of the higher priority data.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Bogdan Z. Kasztenny, Timothy P. Tibbals, David J. Dolezilek, Benjamin S. Day, Ryan Bradetich, Jerry J. Bennett, Shankar V. Achanta
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Patent number: 8929391Abstract: According to various embodiments, a communication switch may create and/or manage a variety of configurable network relationships between intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) connected via disparate network interfaces using a variety of communication protocols. Accordingly, a communication switch may provide media translation between various types of physical network ports and communication protocol conversion between various communication protocols. For example, a communication switch may be used to create a networked group of IEDs in which some IEDs are connected via Ethernet ports and other IEDs are connected via D-subminiature ports and/or optical ports. The communication switch may create and/or manage network relationships such as publisher/subscriber, master/slave, multidrop configurations, star configurations, and/or other complex network relationships between two or more IEDs or groups of IEDs.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Rhett Smith, Ryan Bradetich
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Publication number: 20140280714Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for facilitating mixed-mode communication between stations in an electric power generation and delivery system. In certain embodiments, a method for facilitating mixed-mode communication between a first device configured to communicate according to a first communication protocol and a second device configured to communicate according to a second communication protocol is presented The method may include installing a network device in a communication channel between the first device and the second device. A communications interface of the network device may be configured to receive messages from the first device and the second device. A message reconfiguration system of the network device may be configured to reconfigure messages received by the network device from the first device to reconfigured messages for transmission to the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: David J. Dolezilek, Benjamin S. Day, Dennis Gammel, Ryan Bradetich, Jerry J. Bennett, Christopher Ewing, Shankar V. Achanta
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Publication number: 20140269736Abstract: Disclosed herein are various systems and methods that may improve the transmission of data over low-bandwidth communication channels in an electric power delivery system. Devices communicating across a low-bandwidth communication channel may implement several approaches, according to various embodiments disclosed herein, to reduce the data transmitted across the low-bandwidth communication channel and to prioritize the transmission of time-sensitive and/or more important information with respect to other data. Various embodiments disclosed herein may inspect packets to be transmitted across a low-bandwidth communication channel in order to identify high priority data. High priority data may be time-sensitive information, and accordingly, transmission of such data may be prioritized over other data in order to reduce transmission latency of the higher priority data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: Bogdan Z. Kasztenny, Timothy P. Tibbals, David J. Dolezilek, Benjamin S. Day, Ryan Bradetich, Jerry J. Bennett, Shankar V. Achanta
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Publication number: 20140282021Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for visualizing various devices in an electric power generation and delivery system. In certain embodiments, a method for visualizing communication may include receiving configuration information from an electric power generation and delivery system. Based on the configuration information, a plurality of devices included in the electric power generation and delivery system may be identified. Further, a plurality of communication pathways may be identified. Based on the identified plurality of devices and communication pathways, a visual topology of the electric power generation and delivery system may be generated and displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: David J. Dolezilek, Jason A. Dearien, Benjamin S. Day, Dennis Gammel, Ryan Bradetich, Jerry J. Bennett, Christopher Ewing