US Patent Issued to Siemens on May 31 for "Method and System for Using Services Within a Communication Network" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 7,953,107, issued on May 31, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Method and System for Using Services Within a Communication Network" was invented by Gert Anders (Elsterwerda, Germany), Hagen Bohme (Burkhardtsdorf, Germany) and Robert Gorsch (Marienberg, Germany).

According to the abstract released by the U.

S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for the use of services within at least one communication network with internet mechanisms and at least one automation system, as well as a service access unit to connect an automation system to a communication network. A system is proposed for the improved use of services within at least one communication network with internet mechanisms and at least one automation system, with components of the automation system being coupled together by a conventional field bus, with a service access unit being provided to connect the conventional field bus to the communication network, with the service access unit being provided as client for the services provided in the communication network and with the service access unit having a transformation unit, provided to adapt a first communication protocol of the services to a second communication protocol of the field bus."

The patent was filed on Sept. 25, 2003, under Application No. 10/572,898.

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