Method and system for indicating a status of a circuit design
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorThomas C. Brennan
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Abstract
A method and data processing system for graphically indicating a status of a circuit unit displayed within a circuit design on a display within a data processing system. The circuit unit displayed within the circuit design is selected, wherein the circuit unit is located at a location and has a first status. A movement of the selected circuit unit is detected. Whether the movement of the selected circuit unit changes the status of the selected circuit unit is determined. A status change of the selected circuit unit is automatically indicating by graphically indicating the status change in response to the change of status of the selected circuit unit, wherein the status of the selected circuit unit is dynamically indicated to a user in response to a movement of the selected circuit unit.
Claims14
A method in a data processing system for graphically indicating a status of a circuit unit displayed within a circuit design on a display within the data processing system, the method comprising:
- selecting the circuit unit displayed within the circuit design, wherein the circuit unit is located at a location and has a first status;
- detecting a movement of the selected circuit unit;
- determining whether the movement of the selected circuit unit changes the status of the selected circuit unit;
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- automatically indicating a status change of the selected circuit unit by graphically indicating the status change in response to the change of status of the selected circuit unit, wherein the status of the selected circuit unit is dynamically indicated to a user in response to a movement of the selected circuit unit.
A data processing system for graphically indicating a status of a circuit unit displayed within a circuit design on a display within the data processing system, the data processing system comprising:
- selection means for selecting the circuit unit displayed within the circuit design, wherein the circuit unit is located at a location and has a first status;
- detection means for detecting a movement of the selected circuit unit;
- determination means for determining whether the movement of the selected circuit unit changes the status of the selected circuit unit;
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- indication means for automatically indicating a status change of the selected circuit unit by graphically indicating the status change in response to the change of status of the selected circuit unit, wherein the status of the selected circuit unit is dynamically indicated to a user in response to a movement of the selected circuit unit.
A storage device readable by data processing system and encoding data processing system executable instructions for the data storage device comprising:
- selection means for selecting a circuit unit displayed within a circuit design, wherein the circuit unit is located at a location and has a first status;
- detection means for detecting a movement of the selected circuit unit;
- determination means for determining whether the movement of the selected circuit unit changes the status of the selected circuit unit;
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- indication means for automatically indicating a status change of the selected circuit unit by graphically indicating the status change in response to the change of status of the selected circuit unit, wherein the status of the selected circuit unit is dynamically indicated to a user in response to a movement of the selected circuit unit and wherein the means are activated when the storage device is connected to and accessed by a data processing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.