Patent ID: 6115034
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A step managing apparatus for managing a plurality of steps, comprising:first displaying means for displaying said plurality of steps as symbols;judging means for judging a state of at least a portion of said plurality of steps;second displaying means for displaying said plurality of steps in an identifiable manner based on the state judged by said judging means;execution instructing means for instructing the execution of one of said plurality of steps;executing means for executing a step instructed by said execution instructing means in the event that said step has been judged by said judging means to be a step which is executable; andnotifying means for notifying that the step instructed by said execution instructing means is not executable, in the event that said step has been judged by said judging means to be a step which is not executable.