System and method for displaying alarm status
First Claim
1. For use by an operations console that is coupled to multiple data processing systems to obtain an existing alarm severity level for each of the data processing systems, wherein the existing alarm severity level is selected from a set of predefined alarm severity levels, a method comprising:
- defining multiple different Icon families that each includes an associated icon for each of the predefined alarm severity levels;
associating each data processing system with any one of the icon families in a manner that does not require consideration of any system types; and
displaying an icon from one of the icon families, the displayed icon being indicative of the existing alarm severity level within an associated data processing system.
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Abstract
The invention provides an improved automated system and method for monitoring the states of other systems. In one embodiment, the inventive system and method may be employed by an operations console that is monitoring the state of one or more data processing systems. According to the invention, a set of states is defined to describe events or conditions occurring within the monitored systems. A set, or “family”, of files is defined, wherein the family includes an associated file for each of the defined states. When one or more of the monitored systems are determined to be in a predetermined state, data signals stored within the associated file may be used to generate some type of signal that may be readily perceived by the operator to determined the state. For example, the data signals may be used to generate a visual or audio representation of the state.
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1. For use by an operations console that is coupled to multiple data processing systems to obtain an existing alarm severity level for each of the data processing systems, wherein the existing alarm severity level is selected from a set of predefined alarm severity levels, a method comprising:
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defining multiple different Icon families that each includes an associated icon for each of the predefined alarm severity levels; associating each data processing system with any one of the icon families in a manner that does not require consideration of any system types; and displaying an icon from one of the icon families, the displayed icon being indicative of the existing alarm severity level within an associated data processing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An automated system to monitor a state of one or more data processing systems, wherein the state may be any one of a predefined set of states, the system including:
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a storage device to store multiple different families of files, each of the files within a family being respectively associated with a different one of the states in the predefined set of states; a processor coupled to the storage device to associate each of the one or more data processing systems with any of the multiple different families of files in a manner that is irrespective of system type, and for each of the data processing systems, the processor to determine the state of the data processing system and to selected a respectively associated file from a family of files that is associated with the data processing system; and an output device coupled to the storage device to translate data included within the selected files into a format that may be sensed by a user of the automated system to perceive the determined state of each of the data processing systems. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system to monitor one or more data processing systems, wherein a set of states is defined to describe the one or more data processing system, the system including:
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a file creation device to allow a user of the system to create one or more different families of files, each of the files in a family being associated with a state included within the set of states; an operations console coupled to the file creation device, the operations console to associate a respective family of files with each of the data processing systems without regard as to whether or not the respective family of files has been associated with any of the other data processing systems, and to select a file from one of the families of files that describes a state of an associated system; and an output device coupled to the operations console to utilize data included within the selected file to generate one of more signals that may be perceived by a user of the system. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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