System, method and apparatus for wireless monitoring and management of computer systems
First Claim
1. A method for wirelessly monitoring and management of managing databases wherein results are displayed on a wireless device, the method comprising the steps of :
- receiving database information at the wireless device, and altering respective portions of the database information to represent respective altered database information for display at respective locations on a display of the wireless device based on respective sizes of the information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations; and
displaying the altered database information on the display of the wireless device such that each of the respective altered information fits within its respective location on the display of the wireless device.
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Abstract
A system, a method and an apparatus are provided for the wireless monitoring and management of computer systems, networks, software systems or databases on a portable and/or handheld device which may monitor, update, and fix the system from any location and at any time. More specifically, the system, the method and the apparatus provide for the wireless monitoring and management of such systems by formatting information on a handheld screen of a wireless device, automatically wrapping portions of information for browsing on wireless devices, displaying information in a graph or other format on a wireless device, and/or auto-scaling of graphs on a wireless device.
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80 Claims
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1. A method for wirelessly monitoring and management of managing databases wherein results are displayed on a wireless device, the method comprising the steps of :
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receiving database information at the wireless device, and altering respective portions of the database information to represent respective altered database information for display at respective locations on a display of the wireless device based on respective sizes of the information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations; and
displaying the altered database information on the display of the wireless device such that each of the respective altered information fits within its respective location on the display of the wireless device.
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2. A method for formatting results on a screen of a wireless device, the method comprising the steps of :
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querying data records from a database;
anticipating a number of the data records to be retrieved from the database;
retrieving the data records from the database;
storing the data records on a server;
choosing a threshold number;
determining if the data records retrieved from the database is greater than the threshold number; and
displaying the data records at a display area on a display screen of the wireless device based on the results of the threshold comparison, the displaying including altering certain respective data records to represent respective altered data records for display at respective locations on the display screen of the wireless device based on respective sizes of the information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for formatting results on a screen of a wireless device by breaking columns in a table, the method comprising the steps of :
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comparing columns of text in the table;
determining how many columns to display horizontally to provide a best visual perception;
determining a width of each of the columns to display;
choosing break points in the table, and altering respective portions of the database information representing the table to represent an altered format table;
displaying the altered format table having the determined number of horizontally displayed columns, the determined widths of each of the columns and the chosen break points. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for formatting data records on a screen of a wireless device by using a scroll mechanism associated with the wireless device, the method comprising the steps of :
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shifting the data records on the screen;
keeping the data records together on the screen; and
locking one of the data records currently being displayed in a single area on the screen while shifting a remainder of the data records currently being displayed in the single area on the screen associated with the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A system for monitoring and management of managing a database, the system comprising:
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a wireless device having a screen and a wrapping means which determines respective sizes of respective portions of data in comparison to respective locations in which those respective portions are to be displayed on the screen, and alters the respective portions of data to represent respective altered information so that the respective altered information fit within their respective locations on the screen; and
a server associated with the database wherein the wireless device remotely accesses the database to retrieve the data.
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20. A system for formatting data query results stored in a database wherein the database has text of data defined by a plurality of characters wherein each of the plurality of characters is defined by a number of pixels, the system comprising:
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a wireless device having means for retrieving the data query results;
a server having a memory associated with the server wherein the server has a means for remotely accessing the text data associated with the database and transferring the text of data to the wireless device; and
the wireless device further having a display screen and a display controller which determines respective sizes of respective portions of the text data in comparison to respective locations in which those respective portions are to be displayed on the screen, and modifies the respective portions of text data so that the respective portions of the data fit within their respective locations.
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21. A system for formatting results on a screen of a wireless device, the system comprising:
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a database with text of data defined by tables having columns; and
a server in remote communication with the wireless device wherein the server determines a width of the columns, chooses the columns having an identical text and breaks the columns with the identical text by altering respective portions of the data to represent respective altered data so that the columns are displayable on a single display screen. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A system for formatting data records on a wireless device, the system comprising:
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a screen; and
a scrolling mechanism for shifting the data records on the screen wherein the scrolling mechanism keeps each of the data records together in a single display area on the screen and locks one of the data records currently being displayed in the single display area while shifting a remainder of the data records currently being displayed in the single display area on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. An apparatus for monitoring and management of managing a database, the apparatus comprising:
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a wireless means providing remote access to a server wherein the wireless means queries data records from the server wherein the server is associated with the database and further wherein the wireless means anticipates a number of data records to be retrieved from the database;
means for choosing a threshold number;
means for retrieving the data records from the database;
means for comparing a number of the retrieved data records to the threshold number; and
means for displaying the data records on a display screen of the wireless means based on the results of the threshold comparison, wherein the means for displaying is associated with the wireless means and operates to alter certain respective data records to represent respective altered data records for display at respective locations on the display screen of the wireless means based on respective sizes of the information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A method for wirelessly monitoring and management of a system selected from the group comprising a network system, a computer system a software system, or a database managing an information processing system, wherein information from the system is displayed on a wireless device, the method comprising the steps of :
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formatting information from the system for display on a screen of the wireless device by altering respective portions of the information to represent respective altered portions of information for display at respective locations on the display screen of the wireless device based on respective sizes of the information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations;
displaying the information in a predetermined format on the screen by wrapping portions of the information and so that all of the information fits within respective designated locations on the screen; and
browsing on the wireless device between portions of the information.
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30. A method for formatting information on a screen of a wireless device, the method comprising the steps of :
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querying a system for information;
anticipating a volume of information to be retrieved from the database system;
retrieving the information from the system;
storing the information on a server;
choosing a threshold volume of information;
determining if the volume of information retrieved from the system is greater than the threshold; and
displaying the information at a display area on the screen of the wireless device based on the results of the threshold comparison, the displaying including altering respective portions of the information to represent respective altered portions of information for display at respective locations on the screen of the wireless device based on respective sizes of the information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for formatting information on a screen of a wireless device by using a scroll mechanism associated with the wireless device, the method comprising the steps of :
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shifting the information on the screen;
keeping the information together on the screen; and
locking a subset of the information currently being displayed in a single area on the screen while shifting a remainder of the information currently being displayed in the single area on the screen associated with the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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42. A system for formatting information on a wireless device, the system comprising:
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a screen; and
a scrolling mechanism for shifting a first subset of the information currently being displayed in a single area on the screen wherein the scrolling mechanism keeps the information of the first subset together and locks a second subset of the information currently being displayed in the single area on the screen while shifting a remainder of the first subset of information on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. An apparatus for monitoring and management managing information from a system, the apparatus comprising:
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a wireless means providing remote access to a server wherein the wireless means queries information from the server wherein the server is associated with the system and further wherein the wireless means anticipates a volume of information to be retrieved from the system;
means for choosing a threshold volume of information;
means for retrieving the information from the system;
means for comparing a volume of information to the threshold volume of information; and
means, associated with the wireless means, for displaying the information on a display screen of the wireless means based on the results of the threshold comparison, the displaying including altering respective portions of the information to represent respective altered portions of information for display at respective locations on the screen of the wireless means based on respective sizes of the information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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47. A method for processing database information retrieved in a query for delivery over a network to a wireless device having a display, comprising:
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altering portions of the database information to represent respective altered database information for display at respective locations on a display of the wireless device based on respective sizes of the information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations; and
displaying the altered database information on the display of the wireless device such that each of the respective altered information fits within its respective location on the display of the wireless device.
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48. A wireless device for monitoring and managing an information processing system, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive information from the information processing system;
a display screen and a display screen controller, the display screen controller configured to alter respective portions of the received information to represent respective altered received information for display at respective locations on the display screen of the wireless device based on respective sizes of the received information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations; and
the display screen controller further configured to display the altered received information on the display screen of the wireless device such that each of the respective altered received information fits within its respective location on the display screen of the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A server for wirelessly monitoring and managing an information processing system, wherein information retrieved from the information processing system is displayed on a display screen of a wireless device configured to receive information from the server, comprising:
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a receiving component configured to retrieve information from a storage of the information processing system;
a formatting means configured to format the retrieved information for display on the display screen of the wireless device by altering respective portions of the information to represent respective altered portions of information for display at respective locations on the display screen of the wireless device based on respective sizes of the information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A user interface for wirelessly monitoring and managing an information processing system, comprising:
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a display screen of a wireless device configured to receive information from the information processing system for display;
said user interface having a respective region at a respective location of said display screen configured to display a respective altered portion of the received information to represent a respective altered portion of information for display at the respective location on the display screen based on a respective size of the information represented by the respective portion and a respective size of the respective location, wherein said respective altered portion of information has been altered to conform to the respective size of the respective region; and
a navigation means configured to receive from a user of the wireless device commands to browse on the display screen of the wireless device between respective altered portions of the received information. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A method for formatting information on a display screen of a wireless device, comprising:
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querying a system for information;
anticipating a volume of information to be retrieved from the system;
retrieving the information from the system;
choosing a threshold volume of information;
determining if the volume of information retrieved from the system is greater than the threshold; and
displaying the information at a display area on the display screen of the wireless device based on the results of the threshold comparison, the displaying including altering respective portions of the information to represent respective altered portions of information for display at respective locations on the display screen of the wireless device based on respective sizes of the information represented by the respective portions and respective sizes of the respective locations. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80)
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