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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363594 | Workflow event editor A workflow manager which executes software having one or more channels configured to communicate events-based messages between processes. Events are associated with transitions between states, which mark the progress of an order. An event remains in an associated ch... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293241 | Method and an arrangement for scrollable cross point navigation in a user interface The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for scrollable cross point navigation on a user interface in order to select a feature by combining object fields. Bars, where at least one of them is scrollable, have object fields which overlap and combine each ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7191028 | Electrically controlled apparatus An electronically controlled apparatus of the present invention includes: an input-output section, which electronically processes and outputs input data; a control section, which electronically controls the input-output section according to operating status data of ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7107534 | Storage area network administration A storage area network management and configuration system is provided. The system includes an enterprise network that has a plurality of computer systems, and some of the plurality of computer systems include a server component, some include a client component, and... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7073124 | Display drafting apparatus and system therefor When the drafting operation with a display drafting apparatus and the generating operation with a control program schema generator proceed concurrently or separately, a step of temporarily storing the device of interest for display can be omitted to enhance the draf... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7024635 | Modeling a computing architecture A method for modeling a computing architecture is provided. Computing layers of the computing architecture are identified, wherein each computing layer represents a functional layer of the computing architecture. Computing systems of the computing system are identif... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010753 | Anticipating drop acceptance indication Permitting or prohibiting a drop is executed at the beginning of the drag-and-drop action initiated by the user, by mouse-clicking on the object to be dragged, for example. Thus, the drag-and-drop action is shown as a visual drop permission or prohibition in the rel... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996778 | User interface for managing multiple network resources A method and system for displaying information related to a plurality of resources in a network environment. The system uses web technology to receive and store information related to back-end resources and to provide a framework by which client computer systems can... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6973357 | Method and configuration system for producing an application-specific functional module for a programmable controller A method and configuration system are used for producing an application-specific functional module from a predefined functional module for a programmable controller. In this context, a marking device is useable to mask out subfunctions of the predefined functional m... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6910843 | Cover authoring systems and methods and bookbinding systems incorporating the same Cover authoring systems and methods for automatically composing a final content layout for a cover, including spinal content formatted to accommodate the width and height dimensions of the book spine, are described. By automatically computing the typeface parameter ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6680730 | Remote control of apparatus using computer networks A method and software for remote control of computer apparatus is disclosed. The method and software use computer network communications to effect remote control of apparatus that are connected to a computer at a remote location.... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6664985 | Method and apparatus for supervising a processor within a distributed platform switch through graphical representations Supervising a distributed switch having a set of interconnected distributed switch processors each having its own set of components. State information about a distributed switch processor from the set of distributed switch processors is received. A graphi... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6639607 | Graphical user interface for a logic analyzer which allows trigger construction for data communications packets and protocols A trigger function display system for trigger definition development in a signal measurement system having a graphical user interface. The system displays a plurality of graphically selectable icons and an associated protocol profile window. The protocol ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6614433 | Method and system for distributed, dynamic generation of graphics files A method and system for distributed, dynamic generation of graphics files. A database server system is configured and arranged with a service application and a graphics requester. The service application is arranged to generate a graphics file request tha... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6133919 | Method and apparatus for using a graphical user interface (GUI) as the interface to a distributed platform switch A graphical user interface (GUI) can support the effective and efficient supervision of increasingly complex distributed switching hardware and software. The GUI can support a concurrent view of all processors and linkages comprising a distributed switchi... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6046742 | Display of system information A method for organizing and displaying management information regarding the hardware and software components in a computer network. The invention organizes the data into major component groups and displays these groups and their devices in clear, descript... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5867153 | Method and system for automatically harmonizing access to a software application program via different access devices A method and system automatically harmonizes access to a given software application program via different access devices. Through use of the method and system, a financial institution can provide access to a given application (such as, for example, automa... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5831618 | Reconfigurable network map display system Hierarchically layered tables are stored in a mass memory. Each table has entries containing a symbol of a telecommunication network item, location data of the symbol to be displayed in a display unit, and an identifier specifying a lower-layer table. A p... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5809265 | System and method for managing virtual connections between devices on a network A system and method for managing virtual connections between devices on a network system such as a LAN, or a WAN, with or without connection to the public network, including in some cases connection through the Internet. Specifically, the invention involv... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5805166 | Segmented status area for dynamically reporting status in a data processing system Methods, systems and program products which provide dynamic status to a user. The status is provided by providing a plurality of icons arranged in a pattern corresponding to the relationship between the items the icons represent. User input is acquired wh... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5623590 | Dynamic graphics arrangement for displaying spatial-time-series data A computer is provided with the facility to display in map form spatially-time-varying data associated with respective nodes. Specifically, responsive to a user inputting a specific command, the computer displays a plurality of symbols representing respec... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5535403 | Method and apparatus for displaying clusters on a computer network A method and apparatus for monitoring the status of a computer network by displaying polygon-shaped objects (or "icons") to represent groups of devices connected to the network. In a preferred embodiment each device (or "node") on the network is assigned ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5483631 | Communication network management system for displaying operation states of network elements on a remote display unit A network management/display processing system having a network manager and a display unit, which selects data necessary for display from management data collected from a comunication network to be managed, and converts the selected data into a display da... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5295244 | Network management system using interconnected hierarchies to represent different network dimensions in multiple display views A network management system includes a user interface, a virtual network and a device communication manager. The virtual network includes models which represent network entities and model relations which represent relations between network entities. Each ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5276789 | Graphic display of network topology A system for automatically laying out and graphically displaying the topology of a computer network system. The layout system retrieves a list of the nodes within the network and their interconnections from a database which can be manually built by a netw... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5261044 | Network management system using multifunction icons for information display A network management system includes a user interface, a virtual network and a device communication manager. The virtual network includes models which represent network entities and model relations which represent relations between network entities. Each ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5226120 | Apparatus and method of monitoring the status of a local area network Apparatus for monitoring and displaying the status of a local area network. The network includes a hub with ports for connection to various data terminal equipment in a star configuration and for connection to other hubs of the network. The hubs each have... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5021968 | Graphics-based wire-cable management system A method manages cable in a building structure that includes the capabilities of automatically routing the cable between two locations in the structure, displaying the cable route, providing alternate cable routes, reporting on the cable and components of... | 06/04/1991 |
