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20130290776 | Redundant Automation System and Method for Operating the Redundant Automation System - A redundant automation system and a method for operating the redundant automation system which is provided with a first subsystem and a second subsystem that each process a control program while controlling a technical process, one of these subsystems operating as a master and the other subsystem operating as a slave, and the slave assuming the function of the master if the master fails such that it becomes possible to dispense with temporally synchronous communication between the participants with regard to the synchronization of the program processing in the two subsystems, thus reducing the communication load. | 10-31-2013 |
20130318041 | Method for Operating a Redundant Automation System - A method for operating an automation system having at least two subsystems which are each provided with a control program, wherein relevant data from one subsystem is transmitted to the other subsystem within the scope of an updating phase of the automation system to transfer process control from a solo mode of one of the subsystems to a redundant control mode with another of the subsystems so as to facilitate updating. | 11-28-2013 |
20140058533 | Method for Operating a Redundant Automation System - A method for operating a redundant automation system provided with a first subsystem and a second subsystem, wherein one of the subsystems is operated as a master (M) and the other subsystem is operated as a slave (S), the subsystems (M, S) are provided with transmission and reception tasks to transmit and receive messages, and wherein messages are also interchanged with program path synchronization within the scope of a temporally asynchronous run through a program path in the master and the slave. | 02-27-2014 |
20150095690 | Redundant Automation System - A redundant automation system having a plurality of automation devices which are connected to one another comprises a plurality of master devices and a slave device. Each of the plurality of automation devices processes a control program in order to control a technical process. At least one of the plurality of automation devices operates as a slave and at least two of the plurality of automation devices, each operates as a master. The plurality of master devices is each configured to run a respective master program and to process processing sections of the respective master program of the respective master program, and the slave device is configured to process a corresponding slave control program for each master control program run by the plurality of master devices and, if one of the plurality of master devices fails, to assume the function of the failed master. | 04-02-2015 |
20150120013 | METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THE SEQUENCE OF A PROGRAM IN AN AUTOMATION DEVICE - A method for reproducing the sequence of a program provided for process control in an automation device, wherein a program that corresponds to the program in the automation device with regard to process control is provided for processing using a backup device, where suitable measures can be used to image the complete history of the automation device and to reproduce the sequence of the program so that with regard to the processing of the program, it becomes possible to subsequently and repeatedly approach any desired time in the past and to reproduce all associated data. | 04-30-2015 |
20150134082 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A method for operating an automation system provided with a first subsystem and a second subsystem which each process a control program in order to control a technical process, one of these subsystems operating as a master and the other subsystem operating as a slave, wherein measures are provided which make it possible to provide diagnostic and/or test data for diagnostic and/or test measures during control operation, in which case it is not necessary to dispense with a breakpoint function. | 05-14-2015 |
20150154130 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATION DEVICE - A method for operating an automation device having a CPU module that is configured to effect read or write access to local peripherals that are each provided with two interface modules that are each wired up in ring form to an input/output controller, wherein peripheral access operations are executed via one of the rings or via both rings, and wherein a redundancy manager that is provided for each ring is used to logically interrupt the respective ring in a normal mode and to initiate ring reconfiguration for this ring in the event of a physical ring interruption so as to provide a basis for allowing peripheral access operations during the actual period of this ring reconfiguration. | 06-04-2015 |
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20090013051 | METHOD FOR TRANSFER OF INFORMATION RELATED TO TARGETED CONTENT MESSAGES THROUGH A PROXY SERVER - Information transfer methods for exchange of information with a wireless access terminal (W-AT) includes receiving a first message from the W-AT, the first message including first information provided by the W-AT and an address of the W-AT capable of identifying the W-AT, converting the first message to an anonymized message by replacing the W-AT address with a transaction identifier (ID), transmitting the anonymized message to a remote server, receiving a first response from the remote server, the first response having response information and the anonymized address information, converting the first response to a second response by replacing the transaction ID with the W-AT address, and transmitting the second response to the W-AT. | 01-08-2009 |
20090124241 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER PROFILE MATCH INDICATION IN A MOBILE ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems for determining a suitability for a mobile client to display information are disclosed. For example, a method for determining a suitability for a mobile client to receive a targeted content message includes generating user profile data by the mobile client, receiving a set of target profile data associated with the targeted content message, the set of target profile data being descriptive of the targeted content message, comparing the user profile data with the target set of profile data to produce a set of confidence-level data, a target set of profile data describing the content of a respective targeted-content message, and storing the targeted content message in the mobile client based upon the set of confidence-level data. | 05-14-2009 |
20090216847 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MESSAGE VALUE CALCULATION IN A MOBILE ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems for determining a suitability for a mobile client to display information are disclosed. A particular exemplary method includes generating a first value for a first targeted content message based on at least a first weighted sum of first user profile attributes, a user profile attribute being a numeric quantity relating to at least one of a preference and a demographic of a user of the mobile client, comparing the first value with a stored list of second values related to respective stored messages in a cache memory of the mobile client to produce a comparison result; and updating the cache memory based on the comparison result by storing the first targeted content message in the cache memory if the comparison result indicates a higher desirability of the first targeted content message over at least one stored message. | 08-27-2009 |
20130245884 | USER EXPERIENCE OF THE CONNECTED AUTOMOBILE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for initiating at least one process in a vehicle are provided. The apparatus determines an approximate position of the vehicle. In addition, the apparatus determines a shortest time period based on the determined approximate position in which one or more registered drivers of the vehicle is in proximity to the vehicle. Furthermore, the apparatus determines whether to initiate the at least one process within the vehicle based on the determined time period. | 09-19-2013 |
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20130136598 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE HAVING A HEATING ELEMENT AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The invention relates to a wind turbine rotor blade having a blade root, a blade tip, two interconnected rotor blade half shells, which include a fiber-reinforced plastics material, and an electrical heating element, which is arranged on an outer side of the rotor blade and has a blade root end and a blade tip end, wherein the blade tip end is connected via an electrical line leading to the blade root and at least a first segment of the electrical line, which is arranged on an inner side of one of the rotor blade half shells, is made of a carbon fiber material. Further, the present invention relates to a method for making a wind turbine rotor blade having an electrical heating element. | 05-30-2013 |
20130170992 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE HAVING AN ELECTRICAL HEATING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A wind turbine rotor blade is assembled from a first and a second rotor blade half shell made of a fiber-reinforced plastics material. An electrical heating arrangement includes a first heating element connected to the first rotor blade half shell and having a blade root end and a blade tip end and a second heating element connected to the second rotor blade half shell also having a blade root end and a blade tip end. The heating arrangement also includes a third heating element connected to the rotor blade half shells and having a blade root end and a blade tip end. The blade tip ends of the first, second and third heating elements are mutually electrically connected. The blade root ends of the first, second and third heating elements are connected to respective electrical connecting lines. | 07-04-2013 |
20130177416 | WIND TURBINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID WIND TURBINE WHEREIN A RISK OF ICING IS DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA - A method for operating a wind turbine includes detecting a surface temperature of a component of the wind turbine and determining a risk of icing of the component of the wind turbine. A frost or dew point temperature of the ambient air is determined and a difference between the surface temperature and the frost or dew point temperature is evaluated during the determination of the risk of icing. | 07-11-2013 |