Generic utility supporting on-demand creation of customizable graphical user interfaces for viewing and specifying field device parameters

US8782539B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Invensys Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Scott S. Bump · Franklin, US
• Richard Linwood Linscott · Plainville, US
• Nestor Jesus Camino, Jr. · Hingham, US
• Vladimir Kostadinov · Sharon, US
• Charles W. Piper · Foxborough, US
• Johan I. Tegnell · Mansfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A universal device type manager (DTM) utility is described herein including a generalized architecture facilitating defining and generating user interfaces associated with a variety of field device types. The utility includes a device description data store interface that provides access to a device description store wherein standard device descriptions (DD files) for a variety of field device types are maintained. No specialized customization is done to the device descriptions by the device or tool vendors. A device type template store interface provides access to a set of device type manager definitions. A device type manager engine renders, on-demand, a device type manager user interface providing user access to parameters and other information for a field device type/instance based upon: (1) a device description and (2) a device type manager definition.