Displaying method and apparatus of the system status

Claim 2

In a monitoring apparatus, a method of displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has at least three status variables, comprising the steps of: periodically observing more than two values of each of the status variables representing the status of the system to obtain observed values; assigning at least two and less than all of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; first displaying changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values of the at least two of the status variables on the display respectively according to the at least two of the coordinate axes; second displaying on the display, together with said first displaying, all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; and said assigning including selecting the at least two of the status variables from among the status variables in response to meeting predetermined criteria relative to all the status variables or the predetermined status.

Claim 3

The displaying method according to claim 1, wherein each said displaying is graphically displaying on the display so as to be seen by the user.

Claim 4

The displaying method according to claim 2, wherein said assigning selects the at least two of the status variables having the greatest changes among most recent changes of the observed values of the status variables.

Claim 5

The displaying method according to claim 1, wherein said second-mentioned displaying includes graphically displaying on the display according to the at least two of the coordinate axes the area as a region representing a critical state of the system, the critical state and region being predetermined as a function having a plurality of the status variables that includes the at least two of the status variables.

Claim 6

The displaying method according to claim 4, wherein said graphically displaying is so as to be seen by the user.

Claim 7

The displaying method according to claim 4, wherein said assigning selects the at least two of the status variables from among the most recent observed values of the status variables that are monitored having values closest to the region that represents the critical state.

Claim 8

The displaying method according to claim 6, wherein said graphically displaying is so as to be seen by the user.

Claim 9

The displaying method according to claim 4, wherein said assigning selects the at least two of the status variables having the greatest ranges of the observed values of the status variables.

Claim 10

The displaying method according to claim 1, wherein each said displaying is performed on a virtual display.

Claim 11

The displaying method according to claim 1, wherein each said displaying is performed on a real visual display.

Claim 12

The displaying method according to claim 1, wherein said observing monitors the status variables of a computer system that includes the display.

Claim 13

The displaying method according to claim 11, wherein said observing monitors the status variables related to a load of the computer system.

Claim 14

In a monitoring apparatus, a method of displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has status variables, comprising the steps of: periodically observing at least two values of each of the status variables representing the status of the system to obtain observed values; assigning at least two of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; first displaying changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values of the at least two of the status variables on the display respectively according to the at least two of the coordinate axes; second displaying on the display, together with said first displaying, all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; scaling the observed values of the status variables with scaling factors individualized respectively for the at least two of the status variables to obtain scaled values; and wherein said steps of assigning, first displaying and second displaying are executed using the scaled values as the observed values of the status variables.

Claim 15

In a monitoring apparatus, a method of displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has status variables, comprising the steps of: periodically observing at least two values of each of the status variables representing the status of the system to obtain observed values; assigning at least two of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; first displaying changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values of the at least two of the status variables on the display respectively according to the at least two of the coordinate axes; second displaying on the display, together with said first displaying, all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; scaling the observed values of the status variables with scaling factors individualized respectively for the at least two of the status variables to obtain scaled values; and wherein said steps of assigning, first displaying and second displaying are executed using the scaled values as the observed values of the status variables.

Claim 16

The displaying method according to claim 13, wherein said second-mentioned displaying includes graphically displaying on the display according to the at least two of the coordinate axes the area as a region representing a critical state of the system, the critical state and region being predetermined as a function having a plurality of the status variables that includes the at least two of the status variables, and said step of scaling scales the observed values of the status variables so that all of them have a scaling factor that is a common function of the smallest among their maximum observed values as determined from each of a plurality of critical states of the system.

Claim 17

In a monitoring apparatus, a method of displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has at least three status variables, comprising the steps of: observing at least three values of each of the status variables representing the status of the system at predetermined time intervals to obtain observed values; selecting a combination of the observed values of at least two and less than all of the status variables from among all of the status variables to obtain selected values; assigning coordinate axes for displaying the selected values of the at least two of the status variables respectively; first displaying a locus of changes in time sequence of at least some of the selected values of the at least two of the status variables on the display with respect to the corresponding coordinate axes; second displaying on the display, together with said first displaying, all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; and said selecting being in response to the selected values meeting predetermined criteria relative to all the status variables or the predetermined status.

Claim 18

In a monitoring apparatus, a method of displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has at least three status variables, comprising the steps of: observing at least three values of each of the status variables representing the status of the system at predetermined time intervals to obtain observed values; selecting a combination of the observed values of at least two and less than all of the status variables from among all of the status variables to obtain selected values; assigning coordinate axes for displaying the selected values of the at least two of the status variables respectively; first displaying a locus of changes in time sequence of at least some of the selected values of the at least two of the status variables on the display with respect to the corresponding coordinate axes; second displaying on the display, together with said first displaying, all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; and said selecting being in response to the selected values meeting predetermined criteria relative to all the status variables or the predetermined status.

Claim 19

The displaying method according to claim 15, wherein said second-mentioned displaying includes displaying, on the display with the locus, the area as a region representing a predefined critical state of the system as a Figure on the display with respect to the coordinate axes.

Claim 20

The displaying method according to claim 16, wherein said selecting is based on the observed values of the last observed status variables and said selecting selects the at least two of the status variables that have observed values closest to the region.

Claim 21

The displaying method according to claim 16, wherein said selecting selects the at least two of the status variables having the greatest changes among most recent of observed values out of the observed values of the status variables.

Claim 22

The displaying method according to claim 15, wherein said selecting selects the at least two of the status variables having the greatest changes among most recent of observed values out of the observed values of the status variables.

Claim 23

The displaying method according to claim 15, wherein each said displaying is graphically displaying on the display so as to be seen by the user.

Claim 24

The displaying method according to claim 15, including performing said steps with respect to a computer system that includes the display as a real display.

Claim 25

The displaying method according to claim 21, wherein said observing observes load of the computer system to determine the observed values of the status variables.

Claim 26

In a monitoring apparatus, a method of displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has status variables, comprising the steps of: periodically observing at least two values of each of the status variables representing the status of the system to obtain observed values; assigning at least two of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; first displaying changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values of the at least two of the status variables on the display respectively according to the at least two of the coordinate axes; second displaying on the display, together with said first displaying, all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; scaling the observed values of the at least two of the status variables to obtain scaled values, and said steps of selecting, first displaying and second displaying are executed using the scaled values as the observed values of the status variables.

Claim 27

In a monitoring apparatus, a method of displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has status variables, comprising the steps of: periodically observing at least two values of each of the status variables representing the status of the system to obtain observed values; assigning at least two of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; first displaying changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values of the at least two of the status variables on the display respectively according to the at least two of the coordinate axes; second displaying on the display, together with said first displaying, all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; scaling the observed values of the at least two of the status variables to obtain scaled values, and said steps of selecting, first displaying and second displaying are executed using the scaled values as the observed values of the status variables.

Claim 28

The displaying method according to claim 23, wherein said second-mentioned displaying includes displaying, on the display, the area as a region representing a predefined critical state of the system as a Figure in the display with respect to the coordinate axes, and said step of scaling scales the observed values of the status variables so that all of them have a scaling factor that is a common function of the smallest among their maximum observed values as determined from each of a plurality of critical states of the system.

Claim 29

In a monitoring apparatus, a method of displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has more than two status variables, comprising the steps of: observing values of each of at least two of the status variables, representing the status of the system at predetermined time intervals to obtain observed values; selecting a combination of the observed values for the at least two and less than all of the status variables from among all of the status variables to obtain selected values; assigning the at least two of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; graphically displaying a locus of changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values, of the at least two of the status variables, of the selected combination on a real visual n-th dimensional display according to the coordinate axes, where n is the number of selected status variables; displaying on the display, together with said graphically displaying, all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; said selecting being in response to the selected values meeting predetermined criteria relative to all the status variables or the predetermined status; thereafter initializing the observed values; and repeating all of the foregoing steps periodically for continuous monitoring.

Claim 30

In a monitoring apparatus, a method of displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has more than two status variables, comprising the steps of: observing values of each of at least two of the status variables, representing the status of the system at predetermined time intervals to obtain observed values; selecting a combination of the observed values for the at least two and less than all of the status variables from among all of the status variables to obtain selected values; assigning the at least two of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; graphically displaying a locus of changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values, of the at least two of the status variables, of the selected combination on a real visual n-th dimensional display according to the coordinate axes, where n is the number of selected status variables; displaying on the display, together with said graphically displaying, all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; said selecting being in response to the selected values meeting predetermined criteria relative to all the status variables or the predetermined status; thereafter initializing the observed values; and repeating all of the foregoing steps periodically for continuous monitoring.

Claim 31

The displaying method according to claim 25, wherein said last mentioned displaying displays on the real visual n-th dimensional display according to the coordinate axes the area as a critical region representing a critical state of the system predetermined as a function of at least one of the at least two of the status variables.

Claim 32

The displaying method according to claim 25, wherein said last mentioned displaying displays on the real visual n-th dimensional display according to the coordinate axes the area as a critical region representing a critical state of the system predetermined as a function of the at least two of the status variables.

Claim 33

A monitoring apparatus for displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has more than two status variables, comprising: means for periodically observing at least two values of each of all of the status variables representing the status of the system to obtain observed values; means for assigning at least two and less than all of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; means for graphically displaying changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values of the at least two of the status variables on the display respectively according to the at least two of the coordinate axes; means for substituting current observed values of all the status variables except the at least two of the status variables into a predetermined function including the at least two of the status variables to obtain a partially solved function; and means for displaying on the display, together with said graphically displaying, a representation of the partially solved function for all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status.

Claim 34

A monitoring apparatus for displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has more than two status variables, comprising: means for periodically observing at least two values of each of all of the status variables representing the status of the system to obtain observed values; means for assigning at least two and less than all of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; means for graphically displaying changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values of the at least two of the status variables on the display respectively according to the at least two of the coordinate axes; means for substituting current observed values of all the status variables except the at least two of the status variables into a predetermined function including the at least two of the status variables to obtain a partially solved function; and means for displaying on the display, together with said graphically displaying, a representation of the partially solved function for all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status.

Claim 35

A monitoring apparatus for displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has more than two status variables, comprising: means for observing at least three values of each of all of the status variables representing the status of the system at predetermined time intervals to obtain observed values; means for selecting a combination of the observed values of at least two and less than all of the status variables that meet a predetermined criteria of their observed values relative to a predetermined status of the system or all of the status variables to obtain selected values; means for assigning coordinate axes for displaying the selected values of the at least two of the status variables respectively; means for graphically displaying a locus of changes in time sequence of at least some of the selected values of the at least two of the status variables on the display with respect to the corresponding coordinate axes; means for substituting current observed values of all the status variables except the at least two of the status variables into a predetermined function including the at least two of the status variables to obtain a partially solved function; and means for displaying on the display, together with said graphically displaying, a representation of the partially solved function for all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing the predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status.

Claim 36

A monitoring apparatus for displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has more than two status variables, comprising: means for observing at least three values of each of all of the status variables representing the status of the system at predetermined time intervals to obtain observed values; means for selecting a combination of the observed values of at least two and less than all of the status variables that meet a predetermined criteria of their observed values relative to a predetermined status of the system or all of the status variables to obtain selected values; means for assigning coordinate axes for displaying the selected values of the at least two of the status variables respectively; means for graphically displaying a locus of changes in time sequence of at least some of the selected values of the at least two of the status variables on the display with respect to the corresponding coordinate axes; means for substituting current observed values of all the status variables except the at least two of the status variables into a predetermined function including the at least two of the status variables to obtain a partially solved function; and means for displaying on the display, together with said graphically displaying, a representation of the partially solved function for all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing the predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status.

Claim 37

A monitoring apparatus for displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has more than two status variables, comprising: means for observing values of each of all the status variables, representing the status of the system at predetermined time intervals to obtain observed values; means for selecting a combination of the observed values for at least two and less than all of the status variables that meet a predetermined criteria of their observed values relative to a predetermined status of the system or all of the status variables; means for assigning the at least two of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; means for graphically displaying a locus of changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values, of the at least two of the status variables, of the selected combination on a real visual n-th dimensional display according to the coordinate axes, where n is the number of selected status variables; means for substituting current observed values of all the status variables except the at least two of the status variables into a predetermined function including the at least two of the status variables to obtain a partially solved function; means for selecting the predetermined function from among a plurality of functions in response to selection of the at least two of the status variables; means for displaying on the display, together with said graphically displaying, a representation of the partially solved function for all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; thereafter initializing the observed values; and all of said means periodically repeating all of their functions for continuous monitoring.

Claim 38

A monitoring apparatus for displaying status of a system on a display having coordinate axes of display to assist a user of the apparatus, which system has more than two status variables, comprising: means for observing values of each of all the status variables, representing the status of the system at predetermined time intervals to obtain observed values; means for selecting a combination of the observed values for at least two and less than all of the status variables that meet a predetermined criteria of their observed values relative to a predetermined status of the system or all of the status variables; means for assigning the at least two of the status variables respectively to at least two of the coordinate axes of the display; means for graphically displaying a locus of changes in time sequence of at least some of the observed values, of the at least two of the status variables, of the selected combination on a real visual n-th dimensional display according to the coordinate axes, where n is the number of selected status variables; means for substituting current observed values of all the status variables except the at least two of the status variables into a predetermined function including the at least two of the status variables to obtain a partially solved function; means for selecting the predetermined function from among a plurality of functions in response to selection of the at least two of the status variables; means for displaying on the display, together with said graphically displaying, a representation of the partially solved function for all values of at least one of the at least two of the status variables to the at least two of the coordinate axes sufficiently to form an area of the display representing a predetermined status of the system so that a user may determine from the display whether or not the status of the system is approaching the predetermined status; thereafter initializing the observed values; and all of said means periodically repeating all of their functions for continuous monitoring.