Presenting Multiple Views of a System
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- displaying a physical view on a display, wherein the physical view comprises a first plurality of device icons connected by a first plurality of lines, wherein the first plurality of device icons each represent a physical device in the system, and wherein the first plurality of lines represent physical connectivity between the physical devices; and
displaying a program relationship view on the display, wherein the program relationship view comprises a second plurality of program icons connected by a second one or more lines, wherein the second plurality of program icons each represent programs stored within the system, wherein the second one or more lines indicates relationships among the second plurality of program icons.
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Abstract
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 distributed system, deploying programs to various distributed devices, configuring remote execution or inter-operation of distributed programs, and executing distributed applications. Embodiments of the invention utilize graphical iconic-based techniques for performing the above operations. The configuration diagram may include device icons which represent devices and program icons which represent programs. Device icons and program icons may be associated with each other to accomplish various program creation and deployment operations. Device icons and program icons may also interact with graphical program nodes or icons. Context sensitive device connections and/or program connections are displayed. An asynchronous data flow node may be used to facilitate asynchronous data flow between two graphical programs. The distributed system may also support distributed graphical debugging.
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17 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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displaying a physical view on a display, wherein the physical view comprises a first plurality of device icons connected by a first plurality of lines, wherein the first plurality of device icons each represent a physical device in the system, and wherein the first plurality of lines represent physical connectivity between the physical devices; and
displaying a program relationship view on the display, wherein the program relationship view comprises a second plurality of program icons connected by a second one or more lines, wherein the second plurality of program icons each represent programs stored within the system, wherein the second one or more lines indicates relationships among the second plurality of program icons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable memory medium storing program instructions executable by a processor to:
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display a physical view on a display, wherein the physical view comprises a first plurality of device icons connected by a first plurality of lines, wherein the first plurality of device icons each represent a physical device in the system, and wherein the first plurality of lines represent physical connectivity between the physical devices; and
display a program view on the display, wherein the program view comprises a second plurality of program nodes connected by a second plurality of lines, wherein the second plurality of lines indicates data flow among the second plurality of program nodes. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a display;
a processor coupled to the display; and
a memory medium coupled to the processor, wherein the memory medium stores program instructions executable by the processor to;
display a physical view on a display, wherein the physical view comprises a first plurality of device icons connected by a first plurality of lines, wherein the first plurality of device icons each represent a physical device in the system, and wherein the first plurality of lines represent physical connectivity between the physical devices; and
display a program view on the display, wherein the program view comprises a second plurality of program icons connected by a second plurality of lines, wherein the second plurality of program icons each represent programs stored within the system, wherein the second plurality of lines indicates data flow among the second plurality of program icons.
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