Patent ID: 8572502

Claim:
A method of displaying building control information on a display under the control of a building control program, the method comprising: the building control program receiving building control information from two or more remotely located building control sites, each building control site located remotely from one another, wherein the building control information received from each of the two or more building control sites is associated with at least one of an HVAC system, a refrigeration system and a security system of the corresponding building control site; associating at least some of the building control information from a first remotely located building control site with a first display element, the first display element having a first tab; associating at least some of the building control information from a second remotely located building control site with a second display element, the second display element having a second tab; simultaneously displaying each of the first tab and the second tab on the display, with each of the first tab and the second tab available for selection by a user; displaying on the display at least some of the building control information associated with the first building control site when the first tab of the first display element is selected by the user for display; displaying on the display at least some of the building control information associated with the second building control site when the second tab of the second display element is selected by the user for display; docking one or more of the first display element and the second display element in a docking display element, and once docked, no longer displaying the corresponding tab on the display; the docking display element is displayed on the display when one or more of the first display element and second display element are docked in the docking display element; and automatically docking one or more of the first tab and the second tab when the number of simultaneously displayed tabs exceeds a predetermined number.