Patent ID: 7707567
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information-processing method usable with an information-processing apparatus for editing state-transition information, the method comprising: searching, by a processor, for a hardware event not yet assigned as any one of a plurality of events; if said plurality of events include a software event, assigning, by the processor, said hardware event found in a search process carried out at said searching step as a shortcut event based on a table showing a combination of said hardware event to said software event, wherein said shown combination takes precedent over other combination; generating, by the processor, a state-transition diagram on the basis of said state-transition information, said state-transition diagram including information on the operation in each of a plurality of states, information on said plurality of events each potentially occurring in each specific one of said plurality of states to result in a transition, and information on transition directions each indicating the direction of a transition caused by each of said plurality of events potentially occurring in said plurality of states; and displaying said state-transition diagram on a display screen.