Fluke Assigned Patent

Fluke Corporation, Everett, WA, has been assigned a patent (9,520,157) developed by Anderson, Thomas Duffy, Everett, WA, for a “storage modes for measurement values and contextual information.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In one aspect, a portable handheld measurement device automatically stores measurement values in volatile memory in a limited replay storage mode that comprises a storage limitation that applies to the plurality of measurement values stored in the limited replay storage mode, receives a replay request, and, responsive to the replay request, presents at least some of the measurement values stored in the limited replay storage mode. In another aspect, a portable handheld measurement device automatically stores measurement values and associated contextual data according to a persistent storage mode, and automatically stores the measurement values according to a limited replay storage mode, wherein the limited replay storage mode comprises a storage limitation that is not present in the persistent storage mode.“

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2013 (13/843,245).