System and method for displaying data from multiple devices on a single user interface

摘要

A method involves using a first software module loaded within a storage device to publish a first paint method under a first window object, the first window object covering a first portion of a display operatively connected to the storage device, using a second software module loaded within the storage device to publish a second paint method under a second window object, wherein the second window object at least partially overlaps the first window object and at least partially covers the first portion of the display, and displaying data within the first portion of the display by calling the first paint method and the second paint method in order based upon a property, such as a hierarchical-based property, of both the first window object and the second window object, where data originates from more than one hardware devices operatively connected to the storage device.

主权项

1. A method comprising the steps of:
providing a data server containing a data server root and one or more configuration files therein, the configuration files containing display configuration data including one or more definitions therein, the definitions associated with particular objects published under the data server root; using a first software module loaded within a non-transitory storage device to publish at least one of a first object, a first property, and a first method to the data server root under an object having a definition recognized by the first software module; using a second software module loaded within the non-transitory storage device to publish at least one of a second object, a second property, and a second method to the data server root under the respective published first object, first property, or first method, wherein the second software module has no knowledge of the first software module and the respective published second object, second property, and second method does not interfere with the respective published first object, first property, and first method; and displaying data within overlapping portions of a display operatively connected to the non-transitory storage device by seamlessly integrating the respective published first object, first property, and first method and the respective published second object, second property, and second method, wherein the data originates from more than one hardware devices operatively connected to the non-transitory storage device.