Patent ID: 6707474
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
A system for manipulating a plurality of name elements including one of either a bus- or signal-name element on a display window of a graphical user interface of a signal measurement system;each name element being logically associated with a set of signal data, the system enabling a user to graphically associate a first signal-name element with a second signal-name element to define a hierarchical relationship between the first and second signal-name element; wherein the graphical association of the displayed first and second signal-name elements reflects said logical relationship, and are collectively represented by a bus name element; wherein the first signal-name element is visually associated on the display window with a set of signal-data elements representing logically associated signal data set, and the second signal-name element is visually associated on the display window with a set of signal data elements representing its to logically associated signal data set; wherein the system captures the signal data associated with the first and second signal-name elements upon the detected occurrence of a trigger condition logically associated with the first and second signal-name elements, respectively, and represented by first and second trigger-condition elements displayed on the user interface in visual association with the with their logically associated first and second signal-name elements, respectively.