International Business Machines Corporation

Raymond F Romon

Harvey Gene Kiel

Stephen T Eagen

Leah J Busboom

Jerry A Blades

David G Wenz

Cary Lee Bates

Maximino Aguilar, Jr

James Michael Stafford

Jeffrey Michael Ryan

Jeffery J Van Heuklon

Jeffrey Earl Remfert

Norbert M Blam

Pernell James Dykes

Robert John Manulik

Mark Plunkett

Steven Joseph Amell

Toshio Shimizu

Scott D Hammersley

Thomas Dean Christopherson

Shoji Okimoto

Barry W Hansen

Christopher John Lankow

Trent L Clausen

Michael E Plute

Timothy James Slavin

Provided is a method, system, program, and data structures method, system, program, and data structures for configuring a client computer connected to a network, wherein a remote computer is capable of communicating with the client computer over the network. Sets of configuration parameters are stored in a non-volatile storage unit. The sets of configuration parameters instruct at least one program how to initialize operational parameters and load programs into the client computer memory during a power on. For each set of configuration parameters, a token is stored in the non-volatile storage unit indicating access rights to the set of configuration parameters. The token specifies whether management entities running on the remote computer and client computer can access the set of configuration parameters for that token.

Method, system and program for sharing the ability to set configuration parameters in a network environment

A method and system for monitoring the boot process of a data processing system. In accordance with the method and system of the present invention, data detailing each operation performed during a boot process of a data processing system is stored within a memory of the data processing system. All the stored data is then displayed in response to a halting of the boot process, such that step-by-step details of the boot process are available to a user prior to operation of the data processing system by an operating system.

Method and system for monitoring a boot process of a data processing system providing boot data and user prompt

A method and apparatus are provided for supporting multiple display sessions through a single address on a non-programmable-terminal (NPT) attached to a host computer by a work station controller (WSC). The WSC enables shared addressing of multiple display sessions on the NPT. The WSC changes focus to a selected one of the multiple display sessions responsive to receiving from the host computer a data stream for a requested display session not having the focus and responsive to receiving a change focus request from the NPT. The NPT may have one display session active for the user interface and a different display session having the focus communicating with the host computer, which is transparent to the user and to the host computer.

Method and apparatus for supporting multiple NPT display sessions on a single address

A data processing system for efficiently manipulating a graphic object displayed within a graphic user interface in the data processing system. The graphic object is defined by interrelated variables. Under the present invention, interrelated variables defining the graphic object are associated with at least one data structure, wherein the each data structure includes a value for at least one of the interrelated variables. An editing object is displayed within the graphic user interface in response to a selection of the graphic object by a user. The user is permitted to alter a value for one of the interrelated variables utilizing the editing object. A value for at least one other variable is automatically altered in response to the user altering the value for one of the interrelated variables utilizing the editing object. A display of the graphic object automatically altered in response to an alteration of the value for the at least one other variable, wherein the graphic object is efficiently manipulated.

Method and system for manipulating graphical objects

A visually aging scroll bar is associated with a window or viewport on a computer display as part of a computer system, and contains a slider to indicate relative positioning in the window of a document, such as a data file, image file, audio file, text file, or spreadsheet. The current position of the scroll bar slider is monitored by the computer system. After a first predetermined sampling period has elapsed, a first region matching the current position of the scroll bar slider is created. The visual appearance of the region is determined by a predetermined region heating rate. For example, a newly created region starts at 'cold', which can be indicated by a violet-indigo color. After a second sampling period has elapsed, the computer system again checks the current position of the scroll bar slider. If the current position still matches the first region, the visual appearance of the first region symbolically 'warms up' as indicated by the region heating rate. This incrementally changing visual appearance (for example, from violet to indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and finally a deep red) continues for as long as the current slider position matches the first region, up until a maximum region symbolic 'temperature' is reached.

Visually aging scroll bar

A system for supporting graphics display sessions on remote terminals contains a processing subsystem dedicated to graphics support. Applications execute on a central processor, and display related graphics commands are executed on the separate graphics controller subsystem. The graphics subsystem is preferably connected to multiple remote terminals over a network, and communicates with them without requiring all work to be performed by the central processor which is executing the applications.

Display station controller

A method and system for visually altering characteristics of an iconic representation in response to a user's interaction with an object within a data processing system. The user initially associates an iconic representation for each object and selects the information to be monitored for each object. Parameters which may be monitored include the number of times the user interacts with the object, the amount of time the user spent interacting with the object, or the passage of time. This information is then stored in a database. The user's interaction with each object is then monitored, and the visual characteristics of the iconic representations associated with each object are then altered in response to the user's interaction with each object.

Method and system for visually displaying information on user

A dependent, nonprogrammable, character-based workstation terminal (DWS) supports a mouse. A terminal controller entirely within the DWS processes and displays mouse motions, but sends mouse button actuations, with the current mouse position, to a single workstation controller (WSC) handling many DWS'. The WSC processes the actuations according to a set of rules, and sends data streams to a main processor (MP) serving multiple WSCs. The MP executes user application programs, partially in response to data streams representing mouse events. The MP executes user application programs, partially in response to data streams representing mouse events. The MP may also send mouse rule sets to the WSCs in data streams.

System for supporting mouse button events of dependent workstation

A method and apparatus for displaying entry fields on a workstation display screen, wherein a single entry field may be constructed having selectively positionable segments, and wherein each of the segments are linked together for processing, so that an entry field modification made in any of the segments will result in processing all of the segments for accommodating the modification; the method and apparatus are practiced in a system having a host processor, at least one workstation control interface, and a plurality of workstations.

Method and apparatus for constructing continued entry fields with

A process for displaying cursor information for a plurality of dependent workstations from a remote processor or controller. Prestoring format tables for each dependent workstation in the controller or processor, processing cursor movement keystroke signals within the controller to define and selectively position the cursor for any dependent workstation when a cursor movement keystroke is made in that workstation, and commanding the dependent workstation to display either a selection cursor or a text cursor at the selected position.

Method for constructing selection cursors on dependent workstations

A system has a central processor and multiple addressable terminals connected by a communication cable. The terminal itself contains a list of candidate addresses it can use. The terminal determines which of the candidate addresses are already in use by other terminals, and selects one (or more) for itself that is not in use.

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Oronoco, MN, United States of America

Raymond F Romon