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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
James Han, Long Grove, IL (US);
Andreas Hersche, Island Lake, IL (US);
James Han, Long Grove, IL (US);
Andreas Hersche, Island Lake, IL (US);
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for navigating information includes identifying a value for a property of a first object associated with one or more devices managed by a management system. The method includes displaying a first plurality of tiles for a plurality of objects, including the first object. A first of the tiles is associated with the first object and includes a display of a graphic associated with the object and the identified value for the property. The method includes identifying a plurality of related objects that are related to the first object and displaying a second plurality of tiles for the related objects in response to receiving a selection of the first tile for the first object. Additionally, the method includes displaying, in response to receiving a selection of a second tile in the second plurality of tiles for one of the related objects, information about the one related object.