SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STATUS INFORMATION TO A VIEWER
First Claim
1. A method for displaying status information to a viewer on a display, said method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of defined regions on the display;
designating a status for at least one of the defined regions; and
displaying a visible indicia for the defined region with the designated status assigned thereto.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system for facilitating the information transfer and processing associated with home construction and home sales. Various discrete software modules are disclosed each handling a specific task associated with home construction and sales. Also, a system for communicating between separate data bases is disclosed wherein separate and distinct sales offices, each having their own data base, may communicate with a parent, market office having its own data base wherein the data bases of the sales offices and the market office are synchronized according to the method of the present invention so that any data updates in any of the sales offices would be automatically updated in the associated market offices. This aspect of the present invention allows a corporation responsible for home construction and sales amongst various regional, market, and sales offices to coordinate a plurality of discretely separate data bases in a way such that they are all synchronized with one another at a predetermined time.
56 Citations
16 Claims
-
1. A method for displaying status information to a viewer on a display, said method comprising:
-
displaying a plurality of defined regions on the display;
designating a status for at least one of the defined regions; and
displaying a visible indicia for the defined region with the designated status assigned thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
9. The method as set forth in claim 9, further comprising the step of displaying a different visible indicia for the at least one of the defined regions having undergone a change in status.
-
13. A system for displaying status information, comprising:
-
computer means including a video display terminal for displaying on said video display terminal a plurality of defined regions, each defined regions having a status, and means for coding each of said defined regions with a visible indicia associated with said status assigned to each of said defined regions. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
-
Specification