ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,830, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Determining hierarchy context for industrial devices in an industrial system" was invented by Ryan Coon (Franklin, Wis.), Scott D. Day (Richfield, Wis.), David C. Mazur (Grafton, Wis.), Jonathan A. Mills (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) and Todd A. Wiese (Hubertus, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes using a mobile device connected to an industrial network of an industrial system, obtaining a first identity object from an intelligent industrial device of the industrial system, bridging through the intelligent industrial ...