Patent ID: 7672969
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring and displaying information on changes in, and present status of, a collection of events associated with a project, the method comprising programming a computer: to provide and display a first collection of N to provide a time line, having at least a first dimension and a second laterally oriented dimension, and associating first and second event icons, with selected time values, t=t to provide a connector line, oriented lateral to the first dimension, connecting the first and second event icons, when the first and second event icons have a time relationship relative to each other; to provide a visually perceptible display of the time line and of the first and second decision icons and the connector line at a selected location along the time line; to provide a second collection of N to associate first and second configuration icons with selected time values, t=t to provide a second connector line, oriented lateral to the first dimension, connecting the first and second configuration icons, when the first and second configuration icons have a time relationship relative to each other; to provide a visually perceptible display of the second connector line and of the first and second configuration icons, at a second selected location along the time line; to associate a third event icon and a third configuration icon, with selected time values, t=t to provide a visually perceptible display of the third connector line and of the third decision icon and the third configuration icon, at a third selected location along the time line.