Patent ID: 8306636
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a computer terminal in an industrial automation environment, the method comprising: receiving data points from a machine at time points according to a first time interval, wherein the data points correspond to operation of a process within the industrial automation environment; correlating each of the data points to a corresponding one of the time points as the data points are received; displaying the data points correlated to the time points on a touch screen; while the data points are being displayed, receiving a comment on the operation of the process and an instruction to correlate the comment with one of the data points through the touch screen; storing the data points, the time points correlated to the data points, and the correlated comment; and transferring the time points, the data points correlated to the time points, and the correlated comment to an information system periodically according to a second time interval, wherein the second time interval is greater than the first time interval.