Monitoring Status of Selected Entities
OwnerJames F. Rogersinventor
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Abstract
A system allows users to view and analyze the status of one or more selected entities by obtaining status information associated with the selected entities and displaying the information with identifiers associated with each of the selected entities. Various embodiments of the disclosure can provide different and additional methods of displaying, analyzing, and tracking status information associated with the selected entities. Entities can selectively restrict some or all status information from being viewed by some or all users. In addition, an entity can be a user, who can self-report status information to be viewed by the user, other users, or other entities.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- obtaining status information associated with each of a selected plurality of entities to be monitored;
- the status information associated with a respective entity including a plurality of status indications associated with the respective entity, and
- each of the plurality of status indications representing a self-reported status of the respective entity;
- and
- displaying a first graphical depiction including an identifier associated with each of the selected plurality of entities and the plurality of status indications associated with each of the selected plurality of entities.
A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying a program of computer executable instructions, the program of instructions comprising:
- At least one instruction to obtain status information associated with each of a selected plurality of entities to be monitored;
- the status information associated with a respective entity including a plurality of status indications associated with the respective entity, and
- each of the plurality of status indications representing a self-reported status of the respective entity;
- and
- at least one instruction to display a first graphical depiction, the first graphical depiction including an identifier associated with each of the selected plurality of entities and the plurality of status indications associated with each of the selected plurality of entities.
An apparatus comprising:
- a device configured to:
- obtain status information associated with each of a selected plurality of entities to be monitored,
- the status information associated with a respective entity including a plurality of status indications associated with the respective entity, and
- each of the plurality of status indications representing a self-reported status of the respective entity, and
- display a first graphical depiction including an identifier associated with each of the selected plurality of entities and the plurality of status indications associated with each of the selected plurality of entities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.