Patent ID: 9244812
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a data processing system in an automation system, the method comprising: displaying, in a user interface and by the data processing system, a portion of code associated with a process running in a device in the automation system that is remote from the data processing system, the process associated with a point variable in the automation system, the portion of code including the point variable, the point variable being a value of an input or output of the device in the automation system; responsive to detecting a cursor in a location associated with the user interface for a period of time, identifying the location of the cursor in the user interface by the data processing system; identifying, by a listener program executing in the data processing system, the process and the device in the automation system that is associated with the portion of code; requesting, by the data processing system, a point value of the point variable in the portion of code and associated with the location of the cursor; receiving the point value of the point variable over a network connection; and displaying the point value in the user interface in association with the point variable.