Patent ID: 7774430

Claim:
A system, comprising: a combining system configured to: receive data from a first data source device in a first format and a second data source device in a second format different from the first format, and create a combined representation comprising a first representation area for data from the first data source device and a second representation area for data from the second data source device; a presentation device configured to present the combined representation and further configured to receive a control action associated with a location within the combined representation; and a shared memory configured to map the control action to a shared memory region corresponding to a control target device, wherein the location of the control action identifies the control target device comprising: the first data source device, if the location is within the first representation area, or the second data source device, if the location is within the second representation area, and wherein the combining system is further configured to transmit a control input corresponding to the control action and the location within the corresponding representation area to the control target device.