Method and apparatus using a device description for a conventional device
First Claim
1. A method of supporting a conventional device for use with a system that is capable of interacting with a smart device, said smart device having an associated device description written in accordance with a device communication protocol, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a device description for the conventional device which is written in accordance with the device communication protocol and which specifies information pertaining to the conventional device;
using the device description for the conventional device to ascertain data pertaining to a portion of the specified information;
storing the ascertained data; and
accessing the stored data using the device description for the conventional device.
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Abstract
A field device management system communicates with a smart device using a device description written in a communication protocol associated with the smart device and accesses data pertaining to a conventional or non-smart field device using a device description written in conformance with the smart device communication protocol. The field device management system uses the device description for the conventional device to initially request certain data pertaining to the conventional device from a user and then stores this data in a memory for future access.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of supporting a conventional device for use with a system that is capable of interacting with a smart device, said smart device having an associated device description written in accordance with a device communication protocol, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a device description for the conventional device which is written in accordance with the device communication protocol and which specifies information pertaining to the conventional device; using the device description for the conventional device to ascertain data pertaining to a portion of the specified information; storing the ascertained data; and accessing the stored data using the device description for the conventional device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system adapted to access data pertaining to a smart device and a conventional device, wherein the smart device has an associated device description written in accordance with a communication protocol, the system comprising:
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a device description for the conventional device written in conformance with the communication protocol associated with the smart device and specifying information associated with the conventional device; means for storing data pertaining to a portion of the specified information; and means for accessing the stored data pertaining to the portion of the specified information using the device description for the conventional device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for manipulating information pertaining to a smart device and a conventional device comprising,
first means for storing a device description for the smart device, said device description being written in conformance with a device communication protocol and specifying device-specific description information and communication information; -
second means for storing a device description for the conventional device, said device description being written in conformance with a device communication protocol and specifying a plurality of categories of information pertaining to the conventional device; a memory which stores the data pertaining to at least one of the plurality of categories of information specified by the device description for the conventional device; means for accessing the stored data pertaining to the at least one of the plurality of categories of information using the device description for the conventional device; and means for communicating with the smart device using the device description for the smart device. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method of creating a device description for a conventional device for use in a system which communicates with a smart device that has a communication protocol associated therewith, the method including the steps of:
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selecting a particular type of conventional device from a number of types of conventional devices; identifying a plurality of categories of information associated with the selected type of conventional device; and writing a device description in conformance with the communication protocol wherein the device description specifies the identified plurality of categories of information.
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