Patents by Inventor Walter Sikora

Walter Sikora 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).

  • Services portal
    Patent number: 8055371
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring performance of an industrial process includes a service portal for collecting, transmitting and analyzing parameter data from process field devices that includes a network connection that connects to a process control system of the industrial process, a remote collector that collects parameter data from process field devices, a processor that identifies, sorts, and stores the collected parameter data and a communications module for transmitting the stored parameter data to a remote monitoring station for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sanford, Robert Bather, Martin Culverhouse, Walter Sikora, Melanie Russell, Peter Martin, Robert Hasselbaum, Russell Barr
  • SERVICES PORTAL
    Publication number: 20110055118
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring performance of an industrial process includes a service portal for collecting, transmitting and analyzing parameter data from process field devices that includes a network connection that connects to a process control system of the industrial process, a remote collector that collects parameter data from process field devices, a processor that identifies, sorts, and stores the collected parameter data and a communications module for transmitting the stored parameter data to a remote monitoring station for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Fred Sanford, Robert Bather, Martin Culverhouse, Walter Sikora, Melanie Russell, Peter Martin, Robert Hasselbaum, Russell Barr
  • Services portal
    Patent number: 7840296
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring performance of an industrial process includes a service portal for collecting, transmitting and analyzing parameter data from process field devices that includes a network connection that connects to a process control system of the industrial process, a remote collector that collects parameter data from process field devices, a processor that identifies, sorts, and stores the collected parameter data and a communications module for transmitting the stored parameter data to a remote monitoring station for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sanford, Robert Bather, Martin Culverhouse, Walter Sikora, Melanie Russell, Peter Martin, Robert Hasselbaum, Russell Barr
  • SERVICES PORTAL
    Publication number: 20080140356
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring performance of an industrial process includes a service portal for collecting, transmitting and analyzing parameter data from process field devices that includes a network connection that connects to a process control system of the industrial process, a remote collector that collects parameter data from process field devices, a processor that identifies, sorts, and stores the collected parameter data and a communications module for transmitting the stored parameter data to a remote monitoring station for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sanford, Robert Bather, Martin Culverhouse, Walter Sikora, Melanie Russell, Peter Martin, Robert Hasselbaum, Russell Barr
  • Services portal
    Patent number: 7328078
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring performance of an industrial process includes a service portal for collecting, transmitting and analyzing parameter data from process field devices that includes a network connection that connects to a process control system of the industrial process, a remote collector that collects parameter data from process field devices, a processor that identifies, sorts, and stores the collected parameter data and a communications module for transmitting the stored parameter data to a remote monitoring station for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sanford, Robert Bather, Martin Culverhouse, Walter Sikora, Melanie Russell, Peter Martin, Robert Hasselbaum, Russell Barr
  • Services portal
    Publication number: 20040186603
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring performance of an industrial process includes a service portal for collecting, transmitting and analyzing parameter data from process field devices that includes a network connection that connects to a process control system of the industrial process, a remote collector that collects parameter data from process field devices, a processor that identifies, sorts, and stores the collected parameter data and a communications module for transmitting the stored parameter data to a remote monitoring station for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Fred Sanford, Robert Bather, Martin Culverhouse, Walter Sikora, Melanie Russell, Peter Martin, Robert Hasselbaum, Russell Barr