Systems and methods for embedding a web frame with preconfigured restrictions in a graphical display view of a process plant

A user interface device included in a configuration environment of a process plant for embedding a web browser in a graphical display view of a process plant via a graphical configuration application, the user interface device comprising:

• a processor;
• a display coupled to the processor;
• and
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor during runtime, cause the graphical configuration application to:
• configure, via the display, a web browser object to present a web browser with web content from a source address embedded within the graphical display view, including configuring one or more restrictions on the web content presented during runtime execution at the user interface device by:
• presenting, via the display, the web browser object in a configuration canvas and one or more graphical user controls for defining presentation parameters of the web browser object adjacent to the configuration canvas, the presentation parameters including the one or more restrictions;
• receiving, via the display, one or more selections of the one or more graphical user controls defining the presentation parameters for the web browser object;
• and
• receiving, via the display, one or more selections of one or more process control elements to include in the graphical display view, the one or more process control elements including at least one of a control module, a function block, a process plant entity, or a process section of the process plant;
• and
• download, to an operator application, the configured web browser object having the one or more restrictions on the web content from the configuration environment into another user interface device for execution in an operating environment of the process plant so that the graphical display view presents, during runtime execution at the other user interface device, (i) the web browser, corresponding to the configured web browser object, with the web content from the source address, and (ii) indications of the one or more process control elements, wherein the web content is related to the one or more process control elements.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon for a graphical configuration application that, when executed by a processor during runtime, cause the graphical configuration application to:

• configure a web browser object to present a web browser with web content from a source address embedded within the graphical display view, including configuring one or more restrictions on the web content presented during runtime execution at the user interface device by:
• presenting the web browser object in a configuration canvas and one or more graphical user controls for defining presentation parameters of the web browser object adjacent to the configuration canvas, the presentation parameters including the one or more restrictions;
• receiving one or more selections of the one or more graphical user controls defining the presentation parameters for the web browser object;
• and
• receiving one or more selections of one or more process control elements to include in the graphical display view, the one or more process control elements including at least one of a control module, a function block, a process plant entity, or a process section of the process plant;
• and
• download, to an operator application, the configured web browser object having the one or more restrictions on the web content from the configuration environment into a user interface device for execution in an operating environment of the process plant so that the graphical display view presents, during runtime execution at the user interface device, (i) the web browser, corresponding to the configured web browser object, with the web content from the source address, and (ii) indications of the one or more process control elements, wherein the web content is related to the one or more process control elements.