APPROACH FOR ADVANCED USER NAVIGATION
First Claim
1. A mechanism for navigation among menus of a building automation system comprising:
- a home page for a building automation system;
one or more components listed on the home page; and
one or more sub-components listed on a page of at least selected ones of the one or more components; and
activating a side ways button on a page of a component or a sub-component results in a page of another component or sub-component, respectively.
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Abstract
A system for hierarchical navigation of menus on a screen and particularly from one menu to another menu at the same level of a menu hierarchy. The system may provide side-to-side movement between menu elements to more easily navigate the menu pyramid. It may facilitate access to the details of a list of devices by selecting next and previous devices in the list, without navigating back to the list. The system may provide an operator or user with a simple, convenient method of browsing the details of devices in a list without the need to move back and forth throughout the list. The display may automatically adapt to the disparate properties of each type of device in the list. Also, the displayed details may be unique for a characterization of each device but be rendered in a common format.
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25 Claims
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1. A mechanism for navigation among menus of a building automation system comprising:
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a home page for a building automation system; one or more components listed on the home page; and one or more sub-components listed on a page of at least selected ones of the one or more components; and activating a side ways button on a page of a component or a sub-component results in a page of another component or sub-component, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for navigating menus of a building control system, comprising:
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providing a home menu showing two or more components of a building control system; going to a menu of a first component of the two or more components; and moving from the menu of the first component to a menu of the second component. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A navigation system for a hierarchy of a building automation system, comprising:
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a first level menu showing two or more components of a building automation system; a first mechanism for selecting a component from the first level menu and showing a second level menu of the component; and a second mechanism for moving directly from a second level menu of one component to a second level menu of another component of the first level menu. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A navigation system for a traversing a hierarchical building control menu structure, comprising:
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a first level menu having a number of menu items; a first mechanism for selecting an menu item from the first level menu and showing a second level menu of the selected menu item; and a second mechanism for moving directly from a second level menu of the selected menu item to a second level menu of another menu item of the first level menu. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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