Configurable system and method for high reliability real-time transmission of data

Abstract

The system and method of the present invention enable the user to build and/or use an interactive visual instrument panel for monitoring and/or managing one or more target systems locally or remotely in real-time, with the instrument panel being configured based on the user-defined requirements and based on the attributes of the target system(s) being monitored and/or managed. In one embodiment of the present invention a novel data handling system is provided for ensuring that the target system is able to continuously transmit real-time data without any data loss and without interrupting its operation.

1 . A data processing method for enabling at least one user to monitor and/or manage a predetermined task performance system connected thereto by a communication link, the predetermined task performance system having at least one component, comprising the steps of:
 (a) providing a data record representative of at least one attribute, each corresponding to a particular predefined component of the at least one component, to be at least one of: monitored and managed by the at least one user, each said at least one attribute comprising a component contact instruction and at least one component activity;   (b) assigning a unique visual identification element to each of the at least one attribute, to visually represent each of the at least one attribute to the at least one user;   (c) displaying said at least one visual identification element to the at least one user;   (d) providing and displaying to the at least one user, at least one visual object, each said at least one visual object comprising a visual interface for desired predefined interaction, by the user, with one or more of the at least one component;   (e) selectively assigning one or more of said at least one visual identification element to one or more of the corresponding at least one visual object; and   (f) generating at least one interactive visual object from each said at least one assigned visual object by providing said component contact instruction thereto, from at the least one attribute corresponding to the at least one visual identification element assigned thereto.   
     
     
         2 . The data processing method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of:
 (g) selectively manipulating said at least one interactive visual object by the at least one user, to achieve said desired predefined interaction with a corresponding at least one component.   
     
     
         3 . The data processing method of  claim 2 , further comprising the step of:
 (h) building a desired visual instrument panel by the at least one user to visually arrange said at least one interactive visual object to optimize at least one of:   monitoring and management of the predetermined task performance system.   
     
     
         4 . The data processing method of  claim 3 , further comprising the step of:
 (i) monitoring, by the at least one user utilizing said visual instrument panel, of the predetermined task performance system, by selectively interacting with each of said at least one interactive visual object in said visual instrument panel.