Patent ID: 8810577
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method of showing resource usage over time by different jobs, comprising: illustrating each of the different jobs on a computer display area comprising a first coordinate representing units of time and a second coordinate, said each job drawn as a bundle starting at a first given time along in said first coordinate of the display area and ending at a second given time, a height of the bundle along the second coordinate at a given point in time between start time and end time of the bundle indicating a number of resources said each job is using, the illustrating further comprising displaying the bundle along the first coordinate adjacent to a previously displayed bundle of the same job in previous start and end time period wherein continuity of the bundle and representation of the resources in the bundle are maintained over multiple time periods, and displaying the bundle along the second coordinate adjacent to usage representation for the same job but separated along the second coordinate from usage representation of another job.