Apparatus for monitoring and displaying activity of an information processing system

Patent 4623988 Issued on November 18, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 18, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Dictaphone Corporation

Application

No. 06/496654 filed on 05/20/1983

US Classes:

714/47, Performance monitoring for fault avoidance369/29.01Remote station

Examiners

Primary: Thomas, James D.
Assistant: Clark, David L.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Curtis, Morris & Safford

International Classes

G06F 11/32 (20060101)
G11B 33/10 (20060101)
G11B 33/00 (20060101)
G11B 27/34 (20060101)
H04M 11/10 (20060101)

Abstract

Apparatus for monitoring and displaying the activity of an information processing system, such as a central dictation system, having plural recorders, plural originating stations for supplying information jobs to be recorded on the recorders, and recovery stations for recovering information jobs from those recorders. The activity which is monitored and displayed includes the availability of respective recorders to receive information from originating stations, the lengths of information jobs which have been recorded and now await recovery, the expected recovery delay in recovering a new information job to be recorded on a recorder, and the number of information jobs in each recorder that are awaiting recovery. The apparatus includes a processor which senses the aforementioned activity and controls a video display for displaying same.