发明名称 |
Methods of indicating states of software processes cooperating on a single task |
摘要 |
A visual display system providing an operator simultaneous descriptions of the states of many cooperating sub-processes working on a task and residing in various instruments in a distributed system. A server process is connected to receive and translate status signals from the sub-processes into a standardized language. The translated signals are interpreted by a screen manipulation program. A monitor, connected to the server process, displays the interpreted signals to show the states of the sub-processes. The visual indication on the monitor includes a plurality of representations of indicator lights. Each indicator light indicates the state of one of the sub-processes. Next to each indicator light is an identifier which identifies the sub-process represented by the indicator light. The visual indication also includes two types of meters. One type of meter indicates the speed of one of the sub-processes and the other indicates the amount of data used at any given time by one of the sub-processes. Finally, a picture of each of the operators using the system is also included in the indication. In one embodiment, the present invention is implemented to monitor a rule-based programming environment using the X Window System. |
申请公布号 |
US5388268(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1995.02.07 |
申请号 |
US19940234496 |
申请日期 |
1994.04.28 |
申请人 |
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY |
发明人 |
BEACH, BRIAN W.;DESHPANDE, ANAND;FONG, WENDY L.;GARG, PANKAJ K.;ISHIZAKI, AUDREY K.;PHAM, THUAN Q. |
分类号 |
G06F11/30;G06F11/32;G06F11/34;(IPC1-7):G06F11/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F11/30 |
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