Patent ID: 11861379
Assignee: AVEVA SOFTWARE, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. The hierarchical display method of claim 18,
wherein to determine a content to display, the computer executable instructions are further configured and arranged to cause the one or more computers to execute the method steps of:
querying the current node to determine a content type for each pane of a current layout selection;
applying content from a pane in the current node that matches the content type into an available content type GUI pane;
wherein when one or more panes in the current node do not have a matching content type, the computer executable instructions are further configured and arranged to cause the one or more computers to:
query, by the one or more processors, the parent node and/or the child node to determine a content type for each pane of a parent layout selection and/or a child layout selection; and
apply content from a pane in the parent node and/or the child node that matches the content type into the available content type GUI pane.