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US 7,120,545 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for displaying a current configuration of test instruments to a user
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorsCarl E. Benvenga, William Hobson Wubbena
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Abstract
A current configuration of instruments which are connected in a user's test system is determined. The current configuration of instruments is then displayed within a graphical user interface (GUI) by 1) displaying icons representing the instruments, and 2) graphically connecting the icons.
Claims14
Apparatus, comprising:
- computer readable media;
- and
- program code, stored on said computer readable media, comprising:
- code to determine a current configuration of instruments which are connected in a user's test system;
- code to retrieve an icon associated with each instrument;
- code to display the icons within a graphical user interface (GUI), and to graphically connect the icons in accordance with said current configuration of instruments;
- and
- code to compare said current configuration to a past configuration and, upon detecting differences in the configurations, graphically represents said differences within the GUI, said represented differences including indications of instruments that appeared in the past but not the current configuration.
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Apparatus, comprising:
- computer readable media;
- and
- program code, stored on said computer readable media, comprising:
- code to determine a current configuration of instruments which are connected in a user's test system;
- code to retrieve an icon associated with each instrument;
- code to display the icons within a graphical user interface (GUI), and to graphically connect the icons in accordance with said current configuration of instruments;
- and
- code to, upon selection of an instrument icon, coupled with a given menu selection, launch an instrument properties interface, wherein the instrument properties interface comprises a driver listing page.
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