Approach for advanced user navigation

Abstract

A system for hierarchical navigation of menus on a screen and particularly from one menu to another menu at the same level of a menu hierarchy. The system may provide side-to-side movement between menu elements to more easily navigate the menu pyramid. It may facilitate access to the details of a list of devices by selecting next and previous devices in the list, without navigating back to the list. The system may provide an operator or user with a simple, convenient method of browsing the details of devices in a list without the need to move back and forth throughout the list. The display may automatically adapt to the disparate properties of each type of device in the list. Also, the displayed details may be unique for a characterization of each device but be rendered in a common format.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for navigation menus of a building automation system comprising:
 a home page for a building automation system;   one or more components listed on the home page; and   one or more sub-components listed on a page of each of the one or more components; and   wherein activating a side ways button on a page of a component of a sub-component results in a page of another component or sub-component, respectively.