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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
Kevin A. Retlich, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Kevin A. Retlich, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for system status visualization. In one embodiment, an operating system may comprise an expandable component tree graphic, comprising a plurality of parent icons and a plurality of child icons. In some embodiments of the present techniques, a plurality of dynamic component graphics are associated with the plurality of parent icons and the plurality of child icons, whereby the dynamic component graphics are adapted to change based on changes relating to the status of a computer resource. Additionally, a configurable sorting system may be adapted to pass a dynamic component graphic feature up the expandable component tree graphic from one of the plurality of child icons to at least one of the plurality of parent icons based on a configuration of the sorting system.