ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,220, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Industrial network-based codeless tracking analytics method and apparatus for industrial software" was invented by Zhen Hua Zhou (Shanghai), Wen Chao Zou (Shanghai), Shao Tu Jia (Fuxin, China) and Tao Fei (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the teachings herein include industrial network-based codeless tracking analytics methods for industrial software. Some methods include: identifying an industrial intranet topology through detection, and generating a configuration map of the industrial field according to the topology and/or an application pro...