Patent ID: 8302028
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method in a data processing system comprising: reading a plurality of characters stored in a character buffer of a computer terminal host application, wherein said computer terminal host application is displayed to a user as data in a table, wherein the table comprises a plurality of horizontal rows of said characters and a plurality of vertical columns of said characters, and wherein said computer terminal host application runs on a host data processing system, and wherein the table describes a state of a mainframe computer that is coupled to the host data processing system, wherein the state of the mainframe computer comprises a processor usage level of subsystems or jobs of the mainframe computer, names of subsystems or jobs within the mainframe computer, and user identifiers of users of the subsystems or jobs within the mainframe computer; receiving a first preference from said user wherein said first preference determines which of said vertical columns are to be displayed on a small display in a portable data processing system that has a smaller display size than the host data processing system; receiving a second preference from said user wherein said second preference determines an order in which said vertical columns are to be displayed on a small display in the portable data processing system; reconfiguring a display of said plurality of characters for an application window that is running on the portable data processing system, wherein said reconfiguring comprises: