Dashboard and button/tile system for an interface
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorAlbert Holaso
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Abstract
A system and approach having a display that shows a dashboard of smart buttons or tiles. The smart buttons or tiles may be situated in a matrix-like or other arrangement on the dashboard. The display may be customized. A smart button or tile may be operated like a standard button but conveniently pull summary information about a particular area of, for instance, a building controls system, for a user. The arrangement may permit the user to view the health of the whole system at a glance and permit the user a shortcut to see details of the particular area of the system quickly.
Claims28
A building control system of a building, the building control system comprising:
- a plurality of building control components;
- a user interface including one or more user input devices and a display;
- a controller operatively coupled to the plurality of building control components and the user interface, the controller configured to:
- receive dynamic operational data over time regarding the operation of the building control system;
- display a dashboard on the display, wherein the dashboard includes two or more smart buttons arranged in a non-overlapping manner on the dashboard, wherein each of the two or more smart buttons are configured to:
- dynamically display summary content within an area of the smart button that is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data;
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- dynamically display additional content that is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data in response to the smart button being manually interacted with by a user via the user interface.
A method comprising:
- receiving dynamic operational data regarding the operation of a building control system over a network;
- generating a dashboard, wherein the dashboard includes two or more smart buttons arranged on the dashboard, wherein each of the two or more smart buttons:
- dynamically displays summary content within an area of the smart button that is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data;
- in response to the smart button being manually interacted with by a user, dynamically displays additional content without leaving the dashboard, wherein the additional content is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data;
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- accepting user input to customize the summary content and/or the additional content of at least one of the two or more smart buttons.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to:
- receive dynamic operational data regarding the operation of a building control system over a network;
- generate a dashboard for display on a display, wherein the dashboard includes two or more interactive icons arranged on the dashboard, wherein each of the two or more interactive icons is configured to:
- dynamically display summary content within an area of the interactive icon that is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data;
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- in response to the interactive icon being manually interacted with by a user, dynamically display additional content, wherein the additional content is based at least in part on the dynamic operational data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.