ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,447, issued on March 24, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Method for optimizing a process automation network" was invented by Dirk Schulz (Meckenheim, Germany) and Abdulkadir Karaagac (Ladenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method for optimizing a process automation network includes providing topology data of the process automation network that includes network devices to a network controller and providing connectivity requirement data representing intended communication of a process application between communication endpoints of the process to the network controller according t...