CONTEXT BASED DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT FOR CONTROLLING PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A method for providing an operational context-based desktop environment for a physical system, comprising:
- displaying a desktop comprising a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions representing a different operational context of the physical system,wherein the plurality of regions include;
visual indicia corresponding to their operational context,visual indicia of one or more active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context, andvisual indicia of dynamic operational data corresponding to the operational context, andresponsive to user activation of a first region selected from the plurality of regions, enlarging the active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context of the first region.
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Abstract
A method for providing an operational context-based desktop environment for a physical system. The method includes displaying a desktop comprising a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions representing a different operational context of the physical system, and wherein the plurality of regions include visual indicia corresponding to their operational context, visual indicia of one or more active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context and visual indicia of dynamic operational data corresponding to the operational context. The method further includes enlarging the active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context of the region, responsive to user activation of a first region. The plurality of regions can be arranged according to a physical layout of the physical system or as a flow sheet reflecting an order of process steps for a process run by the physical system.
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1. A method for providing an operational context-based desktop environment for a physical system, comprising:
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displaying a desktop comprising a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions representing a different operational context of the physical system, wherein the plurality of regions include; visual indicia corresponding to their operational context, visual indicia of one or more active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context, and visual indicia of dynamic operational data corresponding to the operational context, and responsive to user activation of a first region selected from the plurality of regions, enlarging the active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context of the first region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A control system, comprising:
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a virtual desktop environment including a display configured for displaying a desktop comprising a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of region representing a different operational context of a physical system, wherein the plurality of regions include; visual indicia corresponding to their operational context, visual indicia of one or more active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context, and visual indicia of dynamic operational data corresponding to the operational context; a non-transitory machine readable storage media for storing dynamic operational data from the physical system, and a processor communicably coupled to said machine readable storage media and to a plurality of devices associated with the physical system, wherein responsive to a user'"'"' activation of a first region selected from the plurality of regions, the processor enlarging the active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context of the first region. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Machine readable storage, comprising:
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a non-transitory machine readable storage media having code stored therein, said code including executable instructions, which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to implement an operational context-based desktop environment for a physical system, said code including; code for displaying a plurality of regions on a display, each of the plurality of regions representing a different operational context of the physical system, wherein the plurality of region include; visual indicia corresponding to their operational context, visual indicia of one or more active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context; and visual indicia of dynamic operational data corresponding to the operational context; and responsive to user activation of a first region selected from the plurality of regions, code for enlarging the active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context of the first region. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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