US 8,612,870 B2 · Graphically specifying and indicating targeted execution in a graphical program

Abstract

System and method for distributed execution of a graphical program. A graphical program is displayed on a display of a computer system. Targeted execution of a first graphical program portion of the graphical program on an execution target is graphically specified. The graphical specification includes displaying a visual indication of the specified targeted execution on the display of the graphical program. During execution of the graphical program, the first graphical program portion executes on the specified execution target and a remainder of the graphical program executes on a default execution target.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A non-transitory memory medium that stores program instructions executable by a processor to perform:

displaying a graphical program on a display of a computer system, wherein the graphical program comprises a plurality of interconnected nodes that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program;
and
graphically specifying targeted execution of a first graphical program portion of the graphical program on an execution target, wherein said graphically specifying comprises displaying a visual indication of the specified targeted execution on the display of the graphical program;
wherein during execution of the graphical program, the first graphical program portion executes on the specified execution target and a remainder of the graphical program executes on a default execution target.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/869,270Filed 26 Aug 2010 · continuation in part

Priority

4 Aug 2006

Published

US 2010/0325571 A123 Dec 2010

Granted

17 Dec 2013

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 8/34
Creation or generation of source code: graphical or visual programming
G05B 19/0426
Using digital processors: programming the control sequence
G06F 9/445
Arrangements for executing specific programs: program loading or initiating
G05B 2219/23248
Pc programming: integrate function blocks from different machines; CORBA, RMI protocols

Family

Application60/821,512Us provisional application · filed 4 Aug 2006

Application60/869,221Us provisional application · filed 8 Dec 2006

Application60/942,834Us provisional application · filed 8 Jun 2007

Application11/776,196Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 11 Jul 2007

US 2010/0325571 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Dec 2010

US 7,844,908 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2008/0034310 A1Published application

US 8,612,870 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Graphically specifying and indicating targeted execution in a graphical program

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Graphically specifying and indicating targeted execution in a graphical program

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Abstract

Claims26