Patents by Inventor Yunpu Zhao

Yunpu Zhao 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).

  • Method for topology tree to learn about, present, and configure device information by automatically uploading device description files from device
    Patent number: 10609185
    Abstract: A communications application that acts as a data server between one or more industrial devices and a client-side application is capable of detecting and uploading device description files from the industrial devices themselves. Upon discovery of an industrial device communicatively connected to a client device's communication port, the communications application determines whether a device description file for the discovered device is registered. If no device description file is registered for the industrial device, or if the discovered file is newer than a previously registered file, the communications application initiates an upload of the device description file from the industrial device if the file is stored on the device. Upon completion of the upload, the device description file is registered, thereby allowing the communications application to display information about the device and to manage data exchange between the industrial device and the client-side application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald E. Bliss, Yunpu Zhao, Chengquan Shi, Fabio Malaspina
  • METHOD FOR TOPOLOGY TREE TO LEARN ABOUT, PRESENT, AND CONFIGURE DEVICE INFORMATION BY AUTOMATICALLY UPLOADING DEVICE DESCRIPTION FILES FROM DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170126841
    Abstract: A communications application that acts as a data server between one or more industrial devices and a client-side application is capable of detecting and uploading device description files from the industrial devices themselves. Upon discovery of an industrial device communicatively connected to a client device's communication port, the communications application determines whether a device description file for the discovered device is registered. If no device description file is registered for the industrial device, or if the discovered file is newer than a previously registered file, the communications application initiates an upload of the device description file from the industrial device if the file is stored on the device. Upon completion of the upload, the device description file is registered, thereby allowing the communications application to display information about the device and to manage data exchange between the industrial device and the client-side application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Ronald E. Bliss, Yunpu Zhao, Chengquan Shi, Fabio Malaspina