RESOURCE USER INTERFACE

• US 20130067381A1
• Filed: 09/10/2011
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Yalovsky, Mark, Rhodes, Christina L., Ebeling, Rolf A., Ponomarev, Peter Seraphim, Duignan, Matthew P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,244,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/321 Display for diagnostics, e.g. diagnostic result display, self-test user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

This document describes techniques for presenting a resource user interface. These techniques present, in a summary section of a user interface, multiple selectable resource tiles that each include real-time and/or static information corresponding to one of multiple resources of a computing device. Each of the multiple selectable resource tiles are presented simultaneously, which enables a user to compare live, real-time resource usage for different resources of the computing device. Further, these techniques present, in a detailed view section of the user interface, additional real-time resource information and/or a real-time resource graph corresponding to a selected one of the multiple resources.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

presenting selectable resource tiles within a summary section of a user interface, a first selectable resource tile displaying real-time information of a first resource, and a second selectable resource tile displaying real-time information of a second resource; and

presenting, within a detailed view section of the user interface, a real-time resource graph corresponding to the first resource.

2. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein the first resource comprises a central processing unit (CPU), and wherein the second resource comprises one of a memory, a storage disk, or a network connection.

3. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein the real-time resource graph is presented in response to receiving a selection of the first selectable resource tile.

4. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the second selectable resource tile, and presenting, within the detailed view section of the user interface, an additional real-time resource graph corresponding to the second resource.

5. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein the detailed view section further includes the real-time information corresponding to the first resource, additional real-time information corresponding to the first resource, and static information corresponding to the first resource.

6. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein the real-time resource graph presents a portion of the first resource that is being utilized at a current time and over a previous time period.

7. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, further comprising enabling selection of one or more data points on the real-time resource graph, and responsive to selection of a selected data point, presenting one or more applications using the first resource at a time corresponding to the selected data point.

8. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 7, further comprising enabling selection of the one or more applications using the first resource, and responsive to selection of a selected application, enable shut down of the selected application.

9. A computing device comprising:

at least a processor and a memory to implement a resource user interface, the resource user interface comprising;

a detailed view section that presents a real-time resource graph corresponding to a resource of the computing device, the real-time resource graph;

presenting a portion of the resource that is being utilized at a current time and over a previous time period; and

presenting applications consuming the resource at a specific time responsive to selection of the specific time on the real-time resource graph.

10. The computing device as described in claim 9, wherein the detailed view section further presents real-time information and static information corresponding to the resource.

11. The computing device as described in claim 9, wherein the resource user interface further includes a summary section that presents a selectable resource tile that displays real-time information corresponding to the resource and an additional selectable resource tile that displays real-time information corresponding to an additional resource of the computing device.

12. The computing device as described in claim 11, wherein the summary section is configured to present one selectable resource tile for each hardware resource that is connected to the computing device.

13. The computing device as described in claim 11, wherein the detailed view section further presents an additional real-time resource graph corresponding to the additional resource responsive to receiving a selection of the additional selectable resource tile.

14. The computing device as described in claim 11, wherein the resource comprises the processor, and wherein the additional resource comprises the memory.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:

presenting, within a summary section of a resource user interface, at least a first selectable tile corresponding to a central processing unit (CPU) of a computing device and a second selectable tile corresponding to a memory of the computing device, the first selectable tile including real-time usage information associated with the CPU and the second selectable tile including real-time usage information associated with the memory;

responsive to receiving a selection of the first selectable tile, presenting, within a detailed view section of the resource user interface, a real-time CPU usage graph that presents a portion of the CPU that is being utilized at a current time and over a previous time period; and

responsive to receiving a selection of the second selectable tile, presenting, within a detailed view section of the resource user interface, a real-time memory usage graph that presents a portion of the memory that is being used at a current time and over a previous time period.

16. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 15, further comprising, responsive to receiving a selection of the first selectable tile, presenting within the detailed view section of the resource user interface, the real-time usage information corresponding to the CPU, additional real-time usage information corresponding to the CPU, and static information corresponding to the CPU.

17. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 15, further comprising responsive to receiving a selection of the second selectable tile, presenting within the detailed view section of the resource user interface, the real-time usage information corresponding to the memory, additional real-time usage information corresponding to the memory, and static information corresponding to the memory.

18. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 15, further comprising enabling selection of one or more data points on the real-time CPU usage graph, and responsive to selection of a selected data point, present one or more applications using the CPU at a time corresponding to the selected data point.

19. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 15, further comprising enabling selection of one or more data points on the real-time memory usage graph, and responsive to selection of a selected data point, presenting one or more applications using the memory at a time corresponding to the selected data point.

20. The computer-implemented method as described in claim 15, wherein the summary section and the detailed view section are presented in a same window of the resource user interface.