Console apparatus for information processing system
First Claim
1. A console apparatus for an information processing system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses, comprising:
- memory means, having a plurality of storage areas assigned to respective ones of said plurality of processing apparatuses, for storing messages received from said respective ones of said plurality of information processing apparatuses in one of said storage areas assigned thereto;
message analyzing means for analyzing said message received from one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses to detect a state of said one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses; and
display processing means, including a display screen, for displaying state identification information representing said detected states of said plurality of information processing apparatuses and information of said storage areas assigned to respective ones of said plurality of processing apparatuses on said display screen as respective windows in an overlapping multi-window form, whereinsaid window for displaying said state identification information is displayed so as not to be hidden by remaining windows displayed in said overlapping multi-window form.
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Abstract
A console apparatus for an information processing system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses, includes a memory for storing messages received from the plurality of information processing apparatuses at a plurality of storage areas provided in correspondence with the plurality of information processing apparatuses; a message analyzing unit for analyzing the received messages to detect, as the states of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, a reply request by the information processing apparatus to an operator and an error occurrence of the information processing apparatus; and a display unit having a shared display screen for displaying the messages stored in the memory on the shared display screen at areas corresponding to the storage areas and for displaying among the states detected by the message analyzing unit the state of at least one information processing apparatus on the shared display screen so as to allow a recognition of the state at a glance.
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1. A console apparatus for an information processing system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses, comprising:
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memory means, having a plurality of storage areas assigned to respective ones of said plurality of processing apparatuses, for storing messages received from said respective ones of said plurality of information processing apparatuses in one of said storage areas assigned thereto; message analyzing means for analyzing said message received from one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses to detect a state of said one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses; and display processing means, including a display screen, for displaying state identification information representing said detected states of said plurality of information processing apparatuses and information of said storage areas assigned to respective ones of said plurality of processing apparatuses on said display screen as respective windows in an overlapping multi-window form, wherein said window for displaying said state identification information is displayed so as not to be hidden by remaining windows displayed in said overlapping multi-window form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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