A method of switching the layout of an information monitoring system.
Layouts are sets of graphical components that are associated with
monitored or sensed activities. The invention provides a mechanism for
switching the layout when conditions of the monitoring system change. The
system determines the currently used components for the current layout,
determines the currently used capabilities of the system, and determines a
correspondence between the set of currently used components and currently
used capabilities. The system reviews a group of layouts and determines a
correspondence between the components in the layouts, in the group of
layouts, and the set of currently used capabilities of the system. A
layout switch occurs if one of the layouts in the group of layouts more
closely corresponds to the currently used capabilities of the system than
the current layout.
