Stephen D Armstrong

US Patent:

8224256, Jul 17, 2012

Filed:

Jan 21, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/691353

Inventors:

Joseph Citrano, III - Eden Prairie MN, US
Todd M. Toepke - Eden Prairie MN, US
Alan R. Dewey - Plymouth MN, US
Stephen Armstrong - Savage MN, US
Craig T. Llewellyn - Bloomington MN, US
David J. Baker - Carver MN, US
Stuart A. Harris - Minnetonka MN, US

Assignee:

Fisher-Rosemont Systems, Inc. - Austin TX

International Classification:

H04B 17/00

US Classification:

455 6711, 455 6714, 4551151, 715 23

Abstract:

A wireless field maintenance adapter includes a power source, a controller, a low-power radio-frequency communication module, and a wireless process communication protocol module. The controller is coupled to the power source. The low-power radio-frequency communication module is also coupled to the controller. The wireless process communication protocol module is coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to communicate through the wireless process communication protocol module based on information received from the low-power radio-frequency communication module.

US Patent:

8626916, Jan 7, 2014

Filed:

Jul 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/186872

Inventors:

Stephen Armstrong - Savage MN, US
Todd Toepke - Eden Prairie MN, US
Scott Hokeness - Lakeville MN, US
Donald Lattimer - Chaska MN, US

Assignee:

Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc. - Austin TX

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

709225, 709227, 709250

Abstract:

A method of interacting with a process control system is provided. The method includes bringing a mobile electronic device into physical proximity of a field device. The mobile electronic device is coupled to a digital process communication channel of the field device. A client software application is initiated on the mobile electronic device. The digital process communication channel is used to communicatively couple the client software application to a host application remote from both the mobile electronic device and the field device.

US Patent:

20060229848, Oct 12, 2006

Filed:

Sep 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/240827

Inventors:

Stephen Armstrong - Savage MN, US
Scott Hokeness - Lakeville MN, US
Augustine Di Giovanni - Knoxville TN, US

International Classification:

G06F 11/30
G21C 17/00
G06F 15/00

US Classification:

702184000

Abstract:

A method and system of monitoring corrective measures within a process plant includes receiving equipment data pertaining to the status of equipment within the process plant, receiving corrective measure data pertaining to the status of a corrective measure associated with the equipment, and using the equipment data and the corrective measure data to perform a further function pertaining to the corrective measure associated with the equipment.

US Patent:

20060241907, Oct 26, 2006

Filed:

Sep 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/241384

Inventors:

Stephen Armstrong - Savage MN, US
Scott Hokeness - Lakeville MN, US
Augustine Giovanni - Knoxville TN, US

International Classification:

G06F 11/30

US Classification:

702182000

Abstract:

A method and system for monitoring an entity within a process plant includes collecting entity status data pertaining to the status of an entity within the process plant collecting criticality data pertaining to the importance of the entity within the process plant, and using the entity status data and the criticality data to perform a function within the process plant.

US Patent:

20180024534, Jan 25, 2018

Filed:

Jul 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/216810

Inventors:

- Round Rock TX, US
Alan R. Dewey - Plymouth MN, US
Brad Mathiowetz - Burnsville MN, US
Todd M. Toepke - Eden Prairie MN, US
Stephen Armstrong - Savage MN, US

International Classification:

G05B 19/414
G05B 19/04
G05B 13/02
G06Q 10/00

Abstract:

A portable field maintenance tool system for performing a plurality of different functional tasks on one or more equipment assets in a plant includes a handheld base and a plurality of functional modules for attachment to the handheld base. Each functional module, when operatively attached to the handheld base, interacts with computer circuits on the handheld base to perform a pre-defined one or more of the functional tasks. A portable handheld field maintenance tool for performing one or more pre-selected ones of the functional tasks on an equipment asset in a plant is formed by operatively mounting any one of the functional modules to the handheld base.

US Patent:

20180026840, Jan 25, 2018

Filed:

Sep 29, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/279851

Inventors:

- Round Rock TX, US
Joseph D. Fisher - Minnetonka MN, US
James R. Logerquist - Maple Grove MN, US
Alan R. Dewey - Plymouth MN, US
Stephen Armstrong - Savage MN, US
Laura Briggs - Eagan MN, US
Ronald Hempel - Inver Grove Heights MN, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/24

Abstract:

A platform-to-platform communication architecture for a process control messaging service in a process control system or other industrial setting allows stationary and portable industrial computing units to communicate with each other, in one-to-one and one-to-many communications, and across networks, including isolated networks inside the process control system or industrial setting and external networks. A requesting industrial computing device platform generates a message for a destination, or responding, industrial computing device in the communication protocol of the destination platform, and wraps the message in a communication protocol of the process control messaging service. The communication architecture decodes the wrapped message into the communication protocol of the destination industrial computing device and forwards the decoded wrapped message to the destination. The communication architecture allows for a variety of communication services, including, but not limited to, instant/real-time peer-to-peer messaging, time synchronization, automatic data transfer with an asset management system, communication with field devices via an asset management system and large data transfers.