Screen display control method, a screen display control device therefor, and a computer-readable recording medium

• US 20010028367A1
• Filed: 05/01/2001
• Published: 10/11/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Itoh, Yukari, Mizuuchi, Yoshihiro, Shimomura, Hideki, Uchiyama, Takahiro, Saitoh, Fumio, Kiura, Toru
• Granted Patent: US 6,850,258 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/835
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

Icons indicating operating conditions of each of nodes (computers) constituting a system are individually displayed in the form of a loop. When the total number of the nodes exceeds a total number B of individual displays, nodes corresponding to B are displayed individually, and the rest are displayed in the form of a node collective icon 11. When a forward button 16 is clicked, a display position of each of the node icons revolves clockwise one by one, a node that has been in the node collective icon 11 is displayed individually at a position of a node icon 12, and an node icon at a position of a node icon 13 is contained in the node collective icon 11. By clicking buttons 15, 18 and 19, a clockwise continuous revolving display, a counterclockwise revolving display and a counterclockwise continuous revolving display are performed. Node icons 3 and 14 are highlighted so as to indicate abnormal conditions of the corresponding nodes.

Claims

1. A screen display control method for individually displaying conditions of each of a plurality of constituents of a system in a form of a loop on a screen, the method comprising:

a first step of comparing a total number A (A is a positive integer) of objects to be displayed regarding said constituents and a total number B (B is a positive integer) of individual displays on the screen so as to, when A is greater than B, display a collective group indicating that purport on a part of said part in the form of the loop, and at the same time individually display each of said objects to be displayed corresponding to B; and

a second step of newly displaying individually any number of said objects to be displayed corresponding to said collective group based on an instruction of a revolving display, and at the same time shifting said number of said objects to be displayed that have been displayed individually thitherto into said collective group.

2. The screen display control method as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein said first step includes the step of displaying on said collective group information indicating whether an abnormal constituent is present or not among said constituents other than said objects to be displayed corresponding to B, and at the same time individually displaying information indicating whether each of said constituents of said objects to be displayed corresponding to B is abnormal or not.

3. The screen display control method as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein said first step includes the step of displaying on said collective group information indicating whether an abnormal resource is present or not among resources included in said constituents other than said objects to be displayed corresponding to B, and at the same time individually displaying information indicating whether an abnormal resource is present or not among resources included in said constituents of said objects to be displayed corresponding to B.

4. A screen display control device for individually displaying conditions of each of a plurality of constituents of a system in a form of a loop on a screen, the device comprising:

an individual display unit comparing a total number A (A is a positive integer) of objects to be displayed regarding said constituents and a total number B (B is a positive integer) of individual displays on the screen so as to, when A is greater than B, display a collective group indicating that purport on a part of said part in the form of the loop, and at the same time individually display each of a predetermined number of said objects to be displayed, the predetermined number being equal to or less than B; and

a shifting unit newly displaying individually any number of said objects to be displayed corresponding to said collective group based on an output signal of a revolving-display instruction device, and at the same time shifting said number of said objects to be displayed that have been displayed individually thitherto into said collective group.

5. The screen display control device as claimed in

claim 4

, wherein said individual display unit displays on said collective group information indicating whether an abnormal constituent is present or not among said constituents other than said objects to be displayed corresponding to B, and at the same time individually displays information indicating whether each of said constituents of said objects to be displayed corresponding to B is abnormal or not.

6. The screen display control device as claimed in

claim 4

, wherein said individual display init displays on said collective group information indicating whether an abnormal resource is present or not among resources included in said constituents other than said objects to be displayed corresponding to B, and at the same time individually displays information indicating whether an abnormal resource is present or not among resources included in said constituents of said objects to be displayed corresponding to B.

7. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program used for a screen display control for individually displaying conditions of each of a plurality of constituents of a system in a form of a loop on a screen,

wherein said program causes a computer to perform an individual display procedure of comparing a total number A (A is a positive integer) of objects to be displayed regarding said constituents and a total number B (B is a positive integer) of individual displays on the screen so as to, when A is greater than B, display a collective group indicating that purport on a part of said part in the form of the loop, and at the same time individually display each of a predetermined number of said objects to be displayed, the predetermined number being equal to or less than B;

and

a shifting procedure of newly displaying individually any number of said objects to be displayed corresponding to said collective group based on an instruction of a revolving display, and at the same time shifting said number of said objects to be displayed that have been displayed individually thitherto into said collective group.

8. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in

claim 7

, wherein said individual display procedure includes the procedure of displaying on said collective group information indicating whether an abnormal constituent is present or not among said constituents other than said objects to be displayed corresponding to B, and at the same time individually displaying information indicating whether each of said constituents of said objects to be displayed corresponding to B is abnormal or not.

9. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in

claim 7

, wherein said individual display procedure includes the procedure of displaying on said collective group information indicating whether an abnormal resource is present or not among resources included in said constituents other than said objects to be displayed corresponding to B, and at the same time individually displaying information indicating whether an abnormal resource is present or not among resources included in said constituents of said objects to be displayed corresponding to B.