Patent ID: 7800489

Claim:
A method for operating an automation appliance and an operator control appliance connected to the automation appliance, wherein the automation appliance comprises encoding means for encoding at least one of video and audio media data, and the operator control appliance comprises decoding means for decoding the video or audio media data, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting at least one data item from the operator control appliance to the automation appliance, said data item including a request for the video or audio media data from the automation appliance, generating with the encoding means a continuous data stream of the video or audio media data in accordance with the received at least one data item, receiving static media data from a first database, which includes static media data being stored on the automation appliance or static media data accessible by the automation appliance, receiving dynamic media data from a second database, which includes dynamic media data being stored on the automation appliance or dynamic media data accessible by the automation appliance, combining the static media data and the dynamic media data to produce combined media data, encoding the combined media data on the automation appliance to generate the at least one of video and audio media data, transmitting the generated video or audio media data from the automation appliance to the operator control appliance, and decoding the received video or audio media data with the decoding means for display on the operator control appliance.