System for indicating the stability of application programs through indicators associated with icons representing the programs in the graphical user interface of a computer controlled display
First Claim
1. A computer controlled user interactive display system with a graphical user interface comprising:
- means for storing a plurality of application programs;
a plurality of displayed objects, each representative of one of said application programs;
means enabling a user to interactively select any of said displayed objects to thereby run the application program represented by the object;
means for tracking the rates of unrequested interruptions in the runs of each of said application programs; and
means associated with each of said objects for displaying a visual indicator of the rate of unrequested interruption in the run of the application program represented by the object.
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Abstract
Dynamically tracking the stability of application programs used in a computer system and for indicating the stability state of such programs to the user through a graphical user interface. Computer controlled user interactive display systems with graphical user interfaces store a plurality of application programs and present a GUI with a plurality of icons, each of which is representative of one of said application programs. A user is enabled to interactively select any of said displayed objects to thereby run the application program represented by the object. The rates of unrequested interruptions in the runs of each of said application programs, and there is an implementation associated with each of said objects for displaying a visual indicator of the rate of unrequested interruption in the run of the application program represented by the object. The interruptions tracked are primarily unrequested closings in the run of the application programs, i.e. crashes.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer controlled user interactive display system with a graphical user interface comprising:
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means for storing a plurality of application programs;
a plurality of displayed objects, each representative of one of said application programs;
means enabling a user to interactively select any of said displayed objects to thereby run the application program represented by the object;
means for tracking the rates of unrequested interruptions in the runs of each of said application programs; and
means associated with each of said objects for displaying a visual indicator of the rate of unrequested interruption in the run of the application program represented by the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a computer controlled user interactive display system with a graphical user interface, a method for indicating the stability of application programs used in the system comprising:
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storing a plurality of application programs;
displaying a plurality of objects, each representative of one of said application programs;
enabling a user to interactively select any of said displayed objects to thereby run the application program represented by the object;
tracking the rates of unrequested interruptions in the running of each of said application programs; and
displaying, in association with each of said objects, a visual indicator of the rate of unrequested interruption in the running of the application program represented by the object. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program having program code included on a computer readable medium for indicating the stability of an application program used in a computer controlled user interactive display system with a graphical user interface comprising:
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means for storing a plurality of application programs;
a plurality of displayed objects, each representative of one of said application programs;
means enabling a user to interactively select any of said displayed objects to thereby run the application program represented by the object;
means for tracking the rates of unrequested interruptions in the runs of each of said application programs; and
means associated with each of said objects for displaying a visual indicator of the rate of unrequested interruption in the run of the application program represented by the object. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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