Patent ID: 8667381
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: modifying with a computer one or more elements of an executable block diagram comprising a plurality of elements to produce a modified block diagram; creating a first change record and a second change record, the first change record and the second change record including one or more change entries, the one or more change entries associated with the one or more modified elements, the first change record and the second change record further identifying one or more modifications applied to one or more elements to produce the one or more modified elements; receiving one or more commentaries related to the one or more modifications; associating at least one of the one or more commentaries with at least one of the one or more change entries in the first change record and the second change record; associating the first change record and one or more unchanged first elements with a first revision of the block diagram; associating the second change record and one or more unchanged second elements with a second revision of the block diagram; maintaining a first selection of the first revision of the block diagram while concurrently receiving a second selection of the second revision of the block diagram; identifying differences between the first selected revision of the block diagram and the second selected revision of the block diagram, wherein both the first selected revision of the block diagram and the second selected revision of the block diagram are concurrently selected; selecting indications for displaying the identified differences in the selected revisions; displaying the selected indications; displaying concurrently at least a portion of: concurrently executing the first revision of the block diagram and the second revision of the block diagram, wherein said displaying the selected indications comprises concurrently displaying results of the execution of the selected revisions.