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AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJohn Joseph Baier, Karen Kui, Kevin George Gordon, Mark David Hobbs, Monte Leroy Fevang, Teunis Hendrik Schouten
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A human-machine interface system for an industrial automation environment is provided. The human-machine interface system includes a communication interface configured to receive machine data from an aggregation server, a user interface configured to display graphical data to a user, and a processor coupled to the communication interface and the user interface. The processor is configured to process the machine data to produce first graphical data including a first human-machine interface including one or more tabs, transmit the first graphical data to the user interface for display, and detect a pointer indicating an interest over one of the one or more tabs. The processor is also configured to process the machine data to produce second graphical data including the first human-machine interface including an open drawer corresponding to the one of the one or more tabs, and transmit the second graphical data to the user interface for display. The drawer includes a thumbnail graphic of a second human-machine interface.
A human-machine interface system comprising:
A method for operating a human-machine interface comprising:
A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for operating a computer system, wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer system, direct the computer system to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.