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Field device management system

  • US 6,317,701 B1
  • Filed: 09/04/1998
  • Issued: 11/13/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A maintenance management system for maintenance management of field devices in industrial processes located in different plants at different geographical locations that are remote from each other, said maintenance management system comprising:

  • a local maintenance management system in association with each of said industrial processes, wherein the local maintenance management systems of said industrial processes are arranged to form a network and to communicate with at least one of each other and a centralized maintenance management unit and to exchange information relating to maintenance management of the field devices to learn and utilize the information on a network level, wherein each of said local maintenance management systems is arranged to control local maintenance management parameters independently based on data collected locally and data received from local maintenance management systems of other plants.

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