Programming conflict identification system for reproduction machines

• US 5,063,535 A
• Filed: 11/16/1988
• Issued: 11/05/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Filion, Joseph L., Jacobs, Craig W.
• Primary Examiner(s): MacDonald, Allen R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sheikh, Ayaz R.
• Application Number:
  US07/272,041
• Time in Patent Office: 1,084 Days
• Field of Search: 364/200, 364/900, 364/518, 340/715, 371/19, 371/16.4, 371/16.5, 371/21.6, 355/204, 355/205, 355/206, 355/207
• US Class Current: 714/46
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/327 Alarm or error message display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041

Abstract

Programming conflict identification system for reproduction machines using a color touch screen for inputting programming instructions having a job review window for displaying the programming selections made, a message area in which one conflict message at a time is displayed, and an error table in which programming conflicts are queued, with programming selections corresponding to the currently displayed conflict message highlighted by black text on an amber background, and remaining conflicts highlighted by amber text on a white background.

Claims

1. A method for programming a reproduction machine and identifying programming conflicts that occur, comprising:

a) using an interactive display with touch display screen, inputting desired program selections;

b) where a program selection error is made, generating an error message;

c) queuing said error message with other error messages for different programming selections in a predetermined order in an error message queue table;

d) displaying at least one error message from said queue table on said touch display screen;

e) selectively displaying a job table on said touch display screen in which the program selections made are displayed;

f) highlighting the program selections displayed in said job table for said one error message by a first visual identifier;

g) highlighting the program selections displayed in said job table for other error messages in said queue table by a second visual identifier;

h) in response to correction of said program selection error;

1) deleting said one error message from said queue table and from said touch display screen,

2) terminating highlighting of the program selections for said one error message by said first visual identifier in said job table;

3) displaying the next error message in said queue table on said touch display screen,

4) changing highlighting of the program selections displayed in said job table for said next error message from said second visual identifier to said first visual identifier; and

j) repeating step h until all of said program selection errors are corrected.

2. The method according to claim 1 including:

a) highlighting the program selections for said one error message by a first color; and

b) highlighting the program selections for other error messages displayed in said job table by a second color.

3. A method of identifying conflicts that occur when programming jobs in reproduction machines using an interactive display with touch screen, comprising:

a) using said touch screen, inputting desired program selections;

b) where a program selection error is made, generating an error message identifying said error;

c) queuing said error message with previous error messages in a message queue table;

d) displaying a preset one of said error messages in said queue table on said touch screen;

e) displaying a job review window on said touch screen in which the program selections made are displayed;

f) for program selections displayed in said job review window corresponding to said one error message, highlighting said program selections in said job review window by a first color;

g) for other program selections displayed in said job review window corresponding to all other error messages in said queue table, highlighting said other program selections by a second color;

h) for all remaining program selections displayed in said job review window without error messages in said queue table, displaying said remaining job selections without highlighting;

i) deleting said one error message from said queue table and from said touch screen while terminating highlighting of the corresponding program selections in said job window when said one error is corrected;

j) displaying the next error message in said queue table on said touch screen while changing highlighting of the corresponding program selections in said job window from said second color to said first color; and

k) repeating steps i and j until all of said error messages in said queue table are corrected.