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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8078970 | Graphical user interface with user-selectable list-box A graphical user interface for configuring a programmable integrated circuit is disclosed. More specifically, the graphical user interface may comprise a displayed graphical representation of the programmable integrated circuit, where the graphical representation in... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8046692 | User interface mapping modules to deployment targets An interactive user interface for displaying mappings between modules of a distributed application and deployment targets in a distributed environment. The user interface represents module items, deployment target items, and correlation items that represent various ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8032834 | Context-based user assistance Provided are techniques for providing context-based user assistance. A request from a user for user assistance content for a first configurable element is received. One or more rules are retrieved for the first configurable element, wherein at least one of the rules... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7958450 | Matching user interface A matching graphical user interface (GUI) for a storage area network (SAN) management tool is disclosed. The matching GUI allows a user to match a managed object that corresponds to a unit of a SAN with a component of the SAN management tool, so the SAN management t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7913170 | System and method for performing type checking for hardware device nodes in a graphical program A system and method for propagating type information for hardware device nodes in a graphical program. A hardware device node may be any of various types of nodes relating to hardware devices and may perform any of various hardware-related functions in the graphical... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7870490 | On-the-fly device configuration and management Translators are provided that enable automated and remote device configurations in an efficient and abstract manner. In one aspect, a device configuration system is provided. A configuration component stores one or more remote configuration trees for various devices... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861173 | Interface for configuring internet communications on a zSeries computer A method for configuring Internet settings on a zSeries compatible computer can include the step of providing a graphical user interface including at least one control. The graphical user interface can be configured for a multiple virtual storage operating system, a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7861172 | Information processing apparatus, system and method An information processing apparatus, system and method which can manage effectively an image forming apparatus. To accomplish this, a personal computer (30) is connected to a printer (40) for managing parameter sets in which multiple output parameters ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844904 | System for use in data exchange and information retrieval A user interface system employed in retrieving information from an information repository used in exchanging data between different electronic data systems includes the following method. A first menu is displayed which supports user selection of a bi-directional com... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844903 | System and method of automatically generating animated installation manuals An information management system is disclosed and includes a bootstrap server and at least one additional component. Further, the system includes an animated installation manual file stored within the bootstrap server. The animated installation manual is configured ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7831914 | Presenting multiple views of a system A system and method for creating and using configuration diagrams for configuring distributed systems. The methods described herein may be used for various types of operations in configuring distributed systems, including creating programs, managing programs in the ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7770119 | Algorithm for automatic layout of objects in a database Systems and methods that automatically arrange, or re-arrange, object nodes in a diagram such that the total length of all associations between nodes and the number of overlapping associations is reduced or minimized. In mathematical terms, the process simplifies th... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7739603 | Signal routing apparatus and signal routing program A signal routing apparatus is designed for setting a signal route among a plurality of components of a signal processing system by means of graphic user interface. In the signal processing apparatus, a display part displays a plurality of components each having at l... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721212 | Configuring enterprise computing system A configuration for an enterprise computing system is selected. A computer-implemented method to be performed in connection with installing a software system includes presenting, on a display device, multiple selectable visual representations regarding how to config... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7707504 | Offline configuration tool for secure store administration A system and method are provided for a configuration tool to administer a secure store file. In an embodiment, a front-end layer of the configuration tool displays a visual representation of one or more properties stored in a secure store file. The configuration too... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703018 | Apparatus and method for automating the diagramming of virtual local area networks The Design Tool of the present invention discloses an apparatus and method for automating the drawing sequence of Microsoft Visio® to produce a diagram of a network solution. The Design Tool reduces device selections to a series of automatically generated instructi... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7681130 | Methods and apparatus for displaying network data A method for displaying graphically interconnected network fabrics on a graphical user interface. The method disclosed herein is a view manager that identifies fabrics (e.g., storage area networks) in a network system and then displays graphical representations of t... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7640503 | Graphic representation of computer reconfigurations The present invention provides a computer management method. This method involves responding to a “get web page” request by generating a web page with graphic representation of computer system objects and embedded script-based context-sensitive menu control. Onc... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7631262 | Graphical user interface for creating a customized storage layout for an application A system and method for determining a storage configuration for an application, where the storage configuration specifies a storage layout for data objects associated with the application. A Storage Configurator program may display a graphical user interface (GUI) f... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7577907 | System and method for dynamically constructing synchronized business information user interfaces Embodiments of the invention enable data that is synchronized between businesses to be displayed and interacted with by dynamically constructing graphical user interfaces to display the data. The graphical user interfaces are dynamically created via declarations tha... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7500196 | Method and system for generating route distinguishers and targets for a virtual private network A method for generating a route distinguisher for a virtual private network, the virtual private network managed by a service provider through a network management system, the method comprising: receiving a signal from a user through a graphical user interface displ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7447994 | Setup program, recording medium, and setup method A setup program, a recording medium, and a setup method are provided that can readily reduce wrong settings. The setup program includes a plurality of setting modules that are provided to realize a plurality of process settings independently of one another, the proc... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7439937 | Appropriately rendering terminal server graphical data at multiple client side monitors The present invention is directed to appropriately rendering terminal server graphical data at multiple client side monitors. In some embodiments, a client sends client side monitor configuration for a plurality of monitors to a server. The server simulates a virtua... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437676 | Methods and apparatus for managing network resources via use of a relationship view A processing device generates a relationship view of managed entities in a storage area network based on objects stored in a relational database. Each managed entity (e.g., file system, database, volume, storage device, etc.) in the storage area network has a corres... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430722 | Method and system for selecting skinnable interfaces for an application A method for selecting skinnable interfaces and a system for implementing the same. The method discloses accessing user specific information upon installation of an application on a computing resource. The computing resource is associated with a user that is associa... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7421663 | Graphical user interface design for multiple settings/values related to an item A Graphical User Interface is provided that presents multi-level configurable parameter values for an item in a condensed and scannable format. The GUI enables a user to clearly and quickly discern the relationship between the parameters. The GUI can also reflect mo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7408658 | Generation and usage of workflows for processing data on a printing device The generation and usage of workflows for processing data on a printing device includes receiving a request to create a workflow for a printing device. One or more operations that may be included in the workflow are displayed, and user-selection of at least one of t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398326 | Methods for management of mixed protocol storage area networks The invention provides improvements on a digital data processing system of the type having a first set of hosts, storage devices or other components coupled for communication with a first network manager. A second set of components is likewise coupled to a second ne... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392482 | Selection accelerator in topology views A selection accelerator in topology views is presented. A user uses a topology view to manage a computer network whereby the topology view includes a plurality of nodes and their relationships that correspond to computer network components. When a user selects a pri... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385610 | System and method for displaying graphics The present disclosure relates to a system and method for displaying graphics. In one arrangement, the method can comprise the steps of receiving an identification of graphical data representing the graphic, and facilitating transmission of the graphical data repres... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385490 | Method for setting screens of inboard indicators A method for setting screens of plural inboard indicators connected to an inboard network via a communication line includes connecting a terminal to the inboard network. The method also includes loading the terminal with data from the plural indicators and setting t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386795 | System and method for providing a graphical representation of a frame inside a central office of a telecommunications system A method is provided of presenting to a user a visual representation of a frame 275 resident at a central office 20 of a telecommunications system. The method includes the steps of: accessing a database including data as to a current condition of the f... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376898 | Methods and apparatus for managing resources A processing device receives a selection of at least one host resource associated with a storage area network as selected by a network manager. In addition to receiving the selection of the at least one host resource, the processing device receives a selection of at... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7359074 | Image forming apparatus associating with other apparatuses through network In an image forming apparatus, screen information for displaying a plurality of function options available for a predetermined process is generated. A screen generating program and option information showing the plurality of function options is transmitted in respon... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360158 | Interactive education tool An interactive education tool for graphically representing components of a complex system. When the user selects a displayed component of the system, the tool provides educational information relating to the selected component. A user may then “drill-down” furth... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356770 | System and method of graphically managing and monitoring a compute environment Presented is a graphical interface for managing at least reservations and jobs within a compute environment such as a cluster or a grid. A user can graphically view reservations and jobs in the environment and interact with the interface to modify and create reserva... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353457 | Graphical access to data objects A method, apparatus and system for accessing data objects from a storage medium includes rendering a combination of graphical structures. Each graphical structure depicts a storage hierarchy or logic, and can include a link or reference to stored data objects. The c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342581 | Method and apparatus for displaying 3-D state indicators A method for presenting a user selected status of an object in a three dimensional graphic display is disclosed. The method includes the step of receiving a request to select a property of an object for display. The method further includes the step of displaying at ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343560 | Method and system for generating dynamic images A method and system for imaging a workstation (or other device) and then associating that image with a specific device are disclosed. The present invention enables an administrator to take an image of a basic workstation (with minimum or no applications) and then wh... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339891 | Method and system for evaluating wireless applications The present invention provides a method and system for evaluating wireless applications utilizing a test console, an application model builder, a test repository manager, a simulator, a test controller, test agents, and a comparator in order to test the performance ... | 03/04/2008 |
