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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2011
Mark R. Fredette, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Steven J. Kowal, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Matt S. Delisle, Glendale, WI (US);
Terrie E. Sauvain, Sagamore Hills, OH (US);
Ronald E. Bliss, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Matthew Robert Ericsson, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Mark R. Fredette, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Steven J. Kowal, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Matt S. Delisle, Glendale, WI (US);
Terrie E. Sauvain, Sagamore Hills, OH (US);
Ronald E. Bliss, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Matthew Robert Ericsson, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
The disclosed subject matter comprises an enhanced screen organizer component (ESOC) that can efficiently control organization and presentation of desired screens, which relate to an industrial control system, to a user. At design time, a designer employs the ESOC to select and organize one or more screens for a project relating to a control system, create and organize screen folders that can contain desired folders or screens in a hierarchical fashion, select a home screen or favorite screens, respectively, for the operator, role or group, wherein a home screen can be a screen a user views when authenticated into a terminal or the screen the user can be returned to in response to selection of a home control. During run time, the user can access desired screens, and use context menus to select a home screen, favorite screens, or other screens, in accordance with user access rights.