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Computer system for displaying representations of processes

  • US 5,819,270 A
  • Filed: 08/27/1997
  • Issued: 10/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer system for displaying representations of processes, comprising:

  • a memory in which representations of a plurality of processes are stored, a representation for a process including indications of processes into which the process is decomposed, indications of dependencies among the processes into which the process is decomposed, and wherein the processes stored in the memory are organized into a hierarchy of specialized processes with a plurality of levels such that the representation of a specialized process initially inherits characteristics of the process of which it is a specialization; and

    a display system including a display and means for accessing and navigating the representations in the memory to display, alternatively, a decomposition of a process and specializations of the process and for displaying the accessed decomposition or specialization on the display, and means, responsive to user selection among the processes in the decomposition, for operating said means for accessing for the selected process.

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