Patent ID: 8131510

Claim:
A rig control system, the system comprising: a rig station including a plurality of subsystems, the rig station further including: a rig console having a graphical user interface and control for each of the plurality of subsystems, wherein each graphical user interface and control has a unique operating protocol; and a rig control node, the rig control node including a single graphical user interface and control for monitoring and operating the plurality of subsystems with a common operating protocol, wherein the single graphical user interface concurrently displays a plurality of subsystem displays, wherein each subsystem display is associated with a subsystem among the plurality of subsystems; a remote client station coupled to the rig station over a secure network wherein the single graphical user interface and control of the rig control node is accessed through the secure network and replicated on the remote client station, such that each substation of the rig can be monitored and operated by a user from the remote client station or the rig control node; a storage medium configured to store a set of executable code; and a processor configured to execute the set of executable code, wherein when the set of code is executed, the monitoring and operation of the system is effectuated.