Patents by Inventor Steven John Kowal

Steven John Kowal 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: 20100083226
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes designating a visual representation of an object in a display screen of a human machine interface, changing the state of the object, and creating an entity in response to the changing, wherein the entity includes any properties, connections and text associated with the object. An interface system is provided that includes a machine readable medium having programming code implementing the method. An industrial automation device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES,INC.
    Inventor: Steven John Kowal
  • Publication number: 20100083279
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes designating a visual representation of an object in a display screen of a human machine interface, accessing any properties, connections, and text associated with the object in response to a trigger event, and creating an identical copy in response to the trigger event, wherein the identical copy includes any properties, connections and text associated with the object. An interface system that includes a machine readable medium having programming code implementing the method. An industrial automation device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Steven John Kowal, Gregory James Piller