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Control sequencer in an iconic programming system

  • US 5,437,007 A
  • Filed: 11/10/1992
  • Issued: 07/25/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an iconic programming system process executing in a computer system, a computer executed method for performing a list of transactions within one icon of said iconic programming system process, said computer executed method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) displaying a sequencer icon having said list of transactions wherein each transaction in said list identifies a tolerance limit, a test expression, a pass transaction identifier of a transaction contained within said list, and a fail transaction identifier of a transaction contained within said list, wherein said test expression is either a call to an iconic procedure, a call to a conventional programming process, a mathematical equation, or a variable containing data logged by a previously performed transaction;

    (b) assigning a top transaction of said list as a current transaction;

    (c) performing a test expression of said current transaction;

    (d) comparing a result of said test expression of said current transaction to said tolerance limit identified in said current transaction;

    (e) when said result is within said tolerance limit, assigning a transaction identified by said pass transaction identifier to said current transaction; and

    (f) when said result is outside said tolerance limit, assigning a transaction identified by said fail transaction identifier to said current transaction; and

    (g) repeating steps (c) through (f) until said list is exhausted.

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