System and method for communicating information over a network
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1. A method of displaying information from a plurality of programs, comprising:
- displaying a console window on a display screen, the console window including a plurality of windows displaying information from the plurality of programs, at least some of the plurality of windows each comprising information from different ones of the plurality of programs from others of said plurality of windows, wherein a first window of the plurality of windows displays first information for a program of the plurality of programs, the first information being a subset of displayable information of the program;
displaying an application shell window on the display screen, the application shell window being a separate window from the console window and wherein displaying the application shell window comprises displaying in the application shell window a first application for the program while the other of the plurality of programs run in the background, the first application comprising configuration information for the program that is related to the first information being displayed in the first window and a formatting option for display of the first information in the console window;
receiving updated configuration information via the application shell window, relative to the configuration information;
displaying updated first information in at least one of the plurality of windows within the console window responsive to the updated configuration information received via the application shell window;
displaying a second application in the application shell window, the second application corresponding to a second program;
displaying an icon with the second application for launching from the second application a pod corresponding to the second application in the console window;
receiving a selection of the icon; and
responsive to receiving the selection of the icon, launching a pod corresponding to the second application in the console window where the pod was not running before the selection of the icon, the pod comprising information from the second program.
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Abstract
A system and method displays information for a multiple programs, each containing zero or one agent, an application, and zero or more pods. The agent communicates with another device such as a network to retrieve or provide information. Information to or from the agent is displayed by an application in a window that is used by other applications, one application at a time. Information to or from the agent is also displayed in one or more windows, each window dedicated to a single pod, and such window being much smaller than the window displaying information from the application.
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1. A method of displaying information from a plurality of programs, comprising:
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displaying a console window on a display screen, the console window including a plurality of windows displaying information from the plurality of programs, at least some of the plurality of windows each comprising information from different ones of the plurality of programs from others of said plurality of windows, wherein a first window of the plurality of windows displays first information for a program of the plurality of programs, the first information being a subset of displayable information of the program; displaying an application shell window on the display screen, the application shell window being a separate window from the console window and wherein displaying the application shell window comprises displaying in the application shell window a first application for the program while the other of the plurality of programs run in the background, the first application comprising configuration information for the program that is related to the first information being displayed in the first window and a formatting option for display of the first information in the console window; receiving updated configuration information via the application shell window, relative to the configuration information; displaying updated first information in at least one of the plurality of windows within the console window responsive to the updated configuration information received via the application shell window; displaying a second application in the application shell window, the second application corresponding to a second program; displaying an icon with the second application for launching from the second application a pod corresponding to the second application in the console window; receiving a selection of the icon; and responsive to receiving the selection of the icon, launching a pod corresponding to the second application in the console window where the pod was not running before the selection of the icon, the pod comprising information from the second program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for displaying information from a plurality of programs, the system comprising:
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a display screen; a console display manager for displaying via an output a console window on the display screen; a pod viewer manager coupled to the console display manager, the pod viewer manager for displaying via an output a plurality of windows in the console window, the plurality of windows displaying information from the plurality of programs, at least some of the plurality of windows each comprising information from different ones of the plurality of programs from others of said plurality of windows, wherein a window of the plurality of windows is for displaying pod information for a program of the plurality of programs, the pod information being a subset of displayable information of the program; and an applications shell manager for displaying via an output an application shell window on the display screen, the application shell window being a separate window from the console window, and for displaying in the application shell window a first application for the program while the other of the plurality of programs run in the background, the first application comprising configuration information for the program that is related to the pod information being displayed in the window of the plurality of windows and a formatting option for display of the pod information in the console window, and the application shell manager also for receiving updated configuration information via the application shell window, relative to the configuration information; and wherein; the applications shell manager is coupled to the pod viewer manager for communicating the configuration information received; the pod viewer manager is configured to display updated pod information in at least one of the plurality of windows within the console window responsive to the updated configuration information received via the application shell window; wherein the application shell manager is configured to display in the application shell window via the output a second application corresponding to a second program and configured to display via the output an icon with the second application for launching from the second application a pod corresponding to the second application in the console window where the pod was not running before the selection of the icon; the application shell manager also configured to receive a selection of the icon and to communicate to the pod viewer manager, upon receiving the selection, a request to load a pod corresponding to the second application in the console window; and the pod viewer manager configured to load the pod corresponding to the second application in the console window, the pod comprising information from the second program. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for displaying information from a plurality of programs, the computer program product comprising computer readable program code devices configured to cause a computer system to:
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display a console window on a display screen, the console window including a plurality of windows displaying information from the plurality of programs, at least some of the plurality of windows each comprising information from different ones of the plurality of programs from others of said plurality of windows, wherein a first window of the plurality of windows displays first information for a program of the plurality of programs, the first information being a subset of the displayable information for the program; display an application shell window on the display screen, the application shell window being a separate window from the console window and wherein displaying the application shell window comprises displaying in the application shell window a first application for the program while the other of the plurality of programs run in the background, the first application comprising configuration information for the program that is related to the first information being displayed in the first window and a formatting option for displaying the first information in the console window; receive updated configuration information via the application shell window, relative to the configuration information; display updated first information in at least one of the plurality of windows within the console window responsive to the updated configuration information received via the application shell window; display a second application in the application shell window, the second application corresponding to a second program; display an icon with the second application for launching from the second application a pod corresponding to the second application in the console window; receive a selection of the icon; and responsive to receiving the selection of the icon, launch a pod corresponding to the second application in the console window where the pod was not running before the selection of the icon, the pod comprising information from the second program. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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