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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1993
Bernice Ellen Casey, Woodstock, NY (US);
Gregory Lee Dunlap, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Margaret Croft Enichen, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Deborah Anne Totten Larnerd, Binghamton, NY (US);
James Andrew Morrell, Endicott, NY (US);
Stephen Richard Nichols, Freeville, NY (US);
Peter David Pagerey, Saugerties, NY (US);
Sammy Lee Rockwell, Owego, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing a user interface in a data processing system to be utilized for performing a plurality of tasks on a plurality of diverse central processing complexes, wherein processes utilized to perform the plurality of tasks are transparent to a user, and wherein the user interface utilized to perform the plurality of tasks is common across diverse central processor complexes. A library containing interface parameters for each central processing complex is established. The interface parameters include information necessary to tailor the user interface for the specific target central processing complex, as well as processes for performing selected tasks within each of the central processing complexes. The user is prompted to select a task for at least one of the diverse central processing complexes. At least one interface parameter from the library of interface parameters is selected in response to the user selecting a task for at least one of the diverse central processing complexes. The selected task is then performed, utilizing the interface parameter or parameters to execute processes for performing the selected task within a selected one of the diverse central processing complexes. As a result, the user interface allows the user to transparently execute processes utilized to perform a task on a central processing complex.