Representing work practices
First Claim
1. A system for recording and displaying information about work practice, comprising a set of graphical tools each having a graphical user interface, the set comprising at least two different tools, where:
- each tool is associated with at least one kind of information about work practice and at least one kind of workplace object;
the graphical user interface of each tool displays information about work practice using at least one display metaphor that is characteristic of the tool and that is conventional for a kind of information associated with the tool, the display metaphor including display objects for representing workplace objects of a kind associated with the tool;
the graphical user interface of each tool provides a graphical display in a display metaphor characteristic of the tool for a user to manipulate to provide information about work practice to the system;
each tool has at least one characteristic display metaphor that is different from at least one of the characteristic display metaphors of every other tool in the set of tools; and
the graphical user interface of a first one of the set of tools provides a graphical display with its characteristic display metaphor augmented to display information of a kind associated with a second one of the set of tools.
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Abstract
A system for recording and displaying information about work practice through a set of at least two different graphical tools, each associated with at least one kind of information about work practice and at least one kind of workplace object. The graphical user interface of each tool has at least one characteristic display metaphor conventional for a kind of information associated with the tool. Each tool has at least one characteristic display metaphor that differs from at least one of the characteristic display metaphors of every other tool in the set of tools. The graphical user interface of one of the tools is augmented to display information of a kind associated with a different one of the tools.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for recording and displaying information about work practice, comprising a set of graphical tools each having a graphical user interface, the set comprising at least two different tools, where:
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each tool is associated with at least one kind of information about work practice and at least one kind of workplace object; the graphical user interface of each tool displays information about work practice using at least one display metaphor that is characteristic of the tool and that is conventional for a kind of information associated with the tool, the display metaphor including display objects for representing workplace objects of a kind associated with the tool; the graphical user interface of each tool provides a graphical display in a display metaphor characteristic of the tool for a user to manipulate to provide information about work practice to the system; each tool has at least one characteristic display metaphor that is different from at least one of the characteristic display metaphors of every other tool in the set of tools; and the graphical user interface of a first one of the set of tools provides a graphical display with its characteristic display metaphor augmented to display information of a kind associated with a second one of the set of tools. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for recording and displaying information about work practice, comprising:
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a relationship editor for a user to enter, modify, and display a relationship diagram including display objects representing workplace objects, and for a user to create user-defined relationship types and create instances of them between or among workplace objects, and a database editor having an interactive user interface for adding data to, and retrieving data from, a database; where the relationship editor has a graphical user interface for displaying information about work practice for at least two different kinds of relationship diagram; the relationship editor has a programmatic interface to retrieve data from the database; and the relationship editor simultaneously displays in response to a user request two relationship diagrams of different kinds selected from organization chart, kinship diagram, set diagram, or social network, as overlays one over the other. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A system for recording and displaying information, comprising two graphical tools, each having a graphical user interface, wherein:
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a first tool comprises a map editor, wherein the map editor is operable for a user to draw, modify, and display a map, a map showing a physical layout of a site, the map including map objects representing objects at the site, the map editor has pre-defined map object types and is operable for a user to create new user-defined map object types and to create map objects of both pre-defined types and user-defined types, and the map editor is operable to create a sequence of maps in response to a user request, each map in the sequence other than the first being an overlay layer to the previous map in the sequence; and a second tool comprises a relationship editor, wherein the relationship editor is operable for a user to enter, modify, and display a relationship diagram showing display objects representing objects at the site, the relationship editor is operable for a user to create new user-defined relationship types and to create instances of relationship types, and the relationship editor is operable to create a sequence of relationship diagrams in response to a user request , each relationship diagram in the sequence other than the first being an overlay layer to the previous relationship diagram in the sequence. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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Specification