Multiple machine interface

US9261877B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kenneth S. Plache · Scottsdale, US
• Daniel B. Seger · Kennesaw, US
• Raymond J. Staron · Richmond Heights, US
• Robert J. Kretschmann · Bay Village, US
• Taryl J. Jasper · South Euclid, US
• James Harry Jarrett · Baltimore, US
• Russell W. Brandes · Brunswick, US
• Ronald E. Bliss · Twinsburg, US
• Michael D. Kalan · Highland Heights, US
• Subbian Govindaraj · Solon, US
• Kenwood H. Hall · Hudson, US
• Douglas J. Reichard · Fairview Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

Aspects describe multiple machine interfaces that provide automated implementations of a host that executes at least one service. The service comprises internal aspects, which include a reusable definition and a specification, which are hidden from a user or selectively exposed but not modifiable by the user. Functional connections and controls are provided for the automated implementations of the host. Platform configurations, which include the at least one service, interact with the automated implementation of the host. One or more functionalities of the functional connections can be selectively exposed based on a user credential. The automated implementation of the host comprises execution of the at least one service.