US Patent Issued to Rockwell Automation Technologies on Dec. 23 for "Network traffic flow control for time sensitive networking" (Ohio, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,693, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Network traffic flow control for time sensitive networking" was invented by Kenneth W. Batcher (Hudson, Ohio), Mark R. Hantel (Medina, Ohio) and Mark R. Cooper (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for accurate network traffic flow for time-sensitive networking in industrial systems. One configuration provides a system for controlling network traffic flow for time-sensitive networking in industrial systems. The system includes an electronic processor configured to receive, from an industrial contr...