Patent ID: 7039912
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An integrated task management system, comprising: a plurality of task machines implemented on a computer system and configured to execute programming instructions; a plurality of independent task tools, each independent task tool configured to execute machine-specific task cases on a particular task machine; and a task manager in communication with each of said independent task tools, said task manager enabling a user of said task management system to specify and execute collections of machine-specific task cases, wherein each collection of task cases can include task cases configured for execution on any of said task machines, and wherein said task manager is an application running on a host machine and is configured as a core application and a plurality of independent code managers wherein said task manager is configured to link each of the plurality of task machines such that execution of task cases is conditioned upon execution of other task cases on other task machines, wherein said task manager includes a graphical user interface for enabling the user to specify and execute said collections of machine-specific task cases, and wherein said graphical user interface allows the user to access features of a subset of the independent code managers.