Method and apparatus for seamless state transfer between user interface devices in a mobile control room

A server for facilitating mobile control of a process plant, the server comprising:

• a processor communicatively coupled via a network to a unitary, logical data storage area including one or more data storage devices configured to store, using a common format, process data corresponding to the process plant, the process data including multiple types of process data selected from configuration data, measurement data, batch data, continuous data, and event data;
• and
• a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor and storing machine-readable instructions, executable by the processor to cause the processor to:
• retrieve process data for display on a first user interface device;
• transmit to the first user interface device the retrieved process data;
• store state information associated with the display of the process data on the first user interface device;
• retrieve process data for display on a second user interface device according to the stored state information;
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• transmit to the second user interface device the process data retrieved according to the stored state information.