Abstract:
A method provides, as part of a computer administration system, an administration interface that can operate almost any computerized device having a user interface. The computer administration system manages components of a computer system and the administration interface is operable to configure the components and to provide dynamic performance and configuration information of the components to the user as the components operate. The method provides a “commentary input” area on the administration interface while providing performance and configuration information of a specific component or a set of components. Thus, the method can receive comment(s) about the specific component(s) of the computerized system in the commentary input area. When this occurs, the method stores the comment(s) in a data store in a manner that associates the comment(s) with the specific component(s) that was being monitored. The method also automatically stores contemporaneous component data with each comment in the data store.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is related to the following co-pending applications filed concurrently herewith by the same Applicant: Multi-Compartment Roll-Up Container-Triangle”, Ser. No. 29/517,510, “Multi-Compartment Roll-Up Container-Rounded”, Ser. No. 29/517,512, and “Multi-Compartment Roll-Up Container-Rounded Different Sizes”, Ser. No. 29/517,514. The complete disclosures of these co-pending applications are incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Systems and methods herein generally relate to watertight and airtight containers, and more particularly to containers that contain multiple compartments. 
     Ever since the first clay pots were baked in open ovens thousands of years ago, containers have taken many different forms, shapes, and sizes. Indeed, watertight and airtight containers are indispensable in modern society; however, traditional containers generally maintain a single compartment that allows all contents therein to mix. Further, while some multi-compartment containers exist, such containers keep the different compartments at fixed positions with respect to one another, which can make such containers bulky and difficult to package, transport, etc. 
     SUMMARY 
     Generally, a multi-compartment container structure disclosed herein has individual containers connected together. All the individual containers can have the same size and shape. Each of the individual containers has a flat base wall. Each of the individual containers is joined to immediately adjacent containers of the container structure by joints at wall edges of the flat base wall. The joints have a greater flexibility relative to the flat base wall. In other words, the base walls of adjacent individual containers are joined to one another by relatively more flexible joints. 
     The flat base wall of each individual container lies in the same plane when the multi-compartment container structure is in an unrolled state, but each flat base wall of the individual containers lies in different parallel planes when the container structure is in a rolled-up state. The combination of flat base walls of the individual containers forms a multi-planar exterior of the container structure when the container structure is in the rolled-up state. The individual containers comprise watertight and airtight caps that are positioned adjacent each other when the container structure is in the rolled-up state. 
     Another exemplary multi-compartment container structure herein also has individual containers connected together, and all the individual containers can have the same size and shape. In one example, the individual containers can have a triangular-shaped tubular body. The triangular-shaped tubular body has three flat walls sealed to each other and the flat walls form a triangular shape in cross-section of the tubular body. Also, triangular end walls form watertight and airtight seals at the ends of the triangular-shaped tubular body. In addition, a cap provides a removable watertight and airtight seal for fill/dispense openings of the triangular end walls. 
     In this structure, each of the individual containers is joined to immediately adjacent containers of the container structure by joints at wall edges of a flat base wall (which is one of the three flat walls forming the triangular-shaped tubular body). Again, the joints have a greater flexibility relative to the flat base wall. The flat base wall of each the individual containers lie in the same plane when the container structure is in the unrolled state. Each flat base wall of the individual containers lies in different parallel planes when the multi-compartment container structure is in a rolled-up state. The rolled-up state occurs when two flat base walls of adjacent ones of the individual containers fold relative to one another along one of the joints. The combination of flat base walls of the individual containers forms a multi-planar exterior of the container structure when the container structure is in the rolled-up state. 
     The watertight and airtight caps of the individual containers are positioned adjacent each other when the container structure is in the rolled-up state. The positions of the watertight and airtight caps of the individual containers (when the container structure is in the rolled-up state) allow all the watertight and airtight caps of the container structure to be grasped and opened simultaneously by the user. Similarly, the fill/dispense openings of the individual containers are all positioned adjacent each other when the container structure is in the rolled-up state. Thus, when in the rolled-up state, the fill/dispense openings of the container structure are positioned to cause contents (e.g., liquid material, granular dry material, etc.) of the individual containers to mix after being dispensed (e.g., to mix when the watertight and airtight caps are opened and the contents is poured out the fill/dispense openings). However, when the watertight and airtight caps are sealing the individual containers, the individual containers and the watertight and airtight caps prevent the contents maintained in different individual containers from mixing. 
     These and other features are described in, or are apparent from, the following detailed description. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Various exemplary systems and methods are described in detail below, with reference to the attached drawing figures, in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position; 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position; 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a partially rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a partially rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 7  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 8  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 9  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position dispensing contents; 
         FIG. 10  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position dispensing contents; 
         FIG. 11  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 12  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 13  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position being filled with contents; 
         FIG. 14  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position being filled with contents; 
         FIG. 15  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position being filled with contents; 
         FIG. 16  is a cross-sectional drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 17  is a cross-sectional drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 18  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position; 
         FIG. 19  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position; 
         FIG. 20  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position; 
         FIG. 21  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a partially rolled position; 
         FIG. 22  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 23  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position; 
         FIG. 24  is a cross-sectional drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position; 
         FIG. 25  is a cross-sectional drawing illustrating devices herein in a rolled-up position; 
         FIG. 26  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in an unrolled position; and 
         FIG. 27  is a perspective drawing illustrating devices herein in a partially rolled position. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     As shown in the accompanying drawings (discussed in detail below) various multi-compartment containers are disclosed herein. Such containers can hold individual premeasured ingredients that are kept separate until needed for use/consumption. When rolled-up, the individual containers form an overall larger container that positions all individual container fill/dispense openings in one location. Then, the caps of the rolled-up container can be ‘twisted’ open and the contents of the individual containers can be poured into a receptacle (glass, pitcher, blender, etc.). Thus, when the flat set of individual containers (e.g., “pouches”) is rolled into a cylindrical shape, the caps (e.g., cork, stopper, perforated neck, etc.) are all in the same location and can be twisted, causing the caps to be separated from the top of the container. The contents can then be poured through the individual fill/dispense openings of the different containers into a pitcher of ice, a blender, a glass, etc., to be used or consumed. 
       FIG. 1  illustrates one perspective view of an exemplary multi-compartment container structure  100  herein. As shown in  FIG. 1 , this exemplary multi-compartment container structure  100  has individual containers  102  connected together, and all the individual containers  102  can have the same size and shape. In one example, the individual containers  102  can have a triangular-shaped tubular body  106 . Other examples of differently shaped containers are discussed below. 
     The initial example presented in this disclosure has a triangular-shaped tubular body  106  that has three flat walls sealed to each other, and the three flat walls thereby form a triangular shape in a cross-section of the tubular body  106 . See  FIGS. 2 ,  4 ,  6 ,  8 , etc., that illustrate how the triangular-shaped tubular body  106  has a triangular shape in cross-section. Also, as shown for example in  FIGS. 2 ,  4 ,  6 ,  8 , etc., triangular end walls  118  seal the ends of the triangular-shaped tubular body  106 . 
     In addition, a removable watertight and airtight cap  110  seals fill/dispense openings  112  of the triangular end walls  118 . The openings  112  can be in the form of a neck or spout that are sealed with a screw-on cover, cork-type or stopper-type plug device, etc.,  110 , as shown in  FIG. 1 . Alternatively, item  112  can be fill/dispense openings or holes in the end walls  118  that will be opened when the caps or plugs/corks  110  are removed from the end walls  118 , as shown in  FIG. 2 . Note that in  FIG. 2 , there is no neck and the cap  110  forms the entire protrusion from the end wall  118 , and when the protrusion/cap  110  is removed from the end wall  118 , an opening  112  will remain in the end wall  118 . 
     In this structure, each of the individual containers  102  is joined to immediately adjacent containers of the container structure by joints  104  at wall edges of a flat base wall  114  (of the three flat walls). The joints  104  have a greater flexibility relative to the flat base wall  114  (either by being thinner or by being made of a different material) thereby allowing adjacent flat base walls  114  to fold relative to one another around a corresponding joint  104 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , the flat base wall  114  of each the individual containers  102  lies in the same plane when the container structure is in the unrolled state. However, as shown in  FIG. 5-6 , each flat base wall  114  of the individual containers  102  lies in different parallel planes when the multi-compartment container structure is in a rolled-up state. The rolled-up state occurs when two flat base walls  114  of adjacent ones of the individual containers  102  fold relative to one another along one of the wall edges  104  (as shown in perspective view in  FIG. 3  and in top-view in  FIG. 4  which shows the container structure  100  in the partially rolled-up state, where the rolling action is shown by block arrows). As shown in  FIG. 4 , two adjacent flat base walls  114  are folded relative to one another when the planes of the two adjacent flat base walls  114  are at a non-zero angle ( 0 ) with respect to each other (and such an angle is formed at the wall edge  104 ). As shown for example in  FIG. 5-6 , the combination of flat base walls  114  of the individual containers  102  forms a multi-planar exterior of the container structure when the container structure is in the rolled-up state, as shown in  FIGS. 5 and 6 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 5 and 6 , the watertight and airtight caps  110  of the individual containers  102  are positioned adjacent each other when the container structure is in the rolled-up state. The positions of the watertight and airtight caps  110  of the individual containers  102  (when the container structure is in the rolled-up state) allow all the watertight and airtight caps  110  of the container structure to be grasped and opened (e.g., removed, twisted-off, torn-off, pulled-out, unscrewed, etc.) simultaneously, as shown by the block arrow in  FIG. 7 .  FIG. 8  also shows that the fill/dispense openings  112  of the individual containers  102  are all positioned adjacent each other when the container structure is in the rolled-up state after the caps  110  are removed. 
     When the watertight and airtight caps  110  are sealing the individual containers  102  (e.g., as shown in  FIGS. 1-6 ) the individual containers  102  and the watertight and airtight caps  110  prevent the contents maintained in different individual containers  102  from mixing (and/or being dispensed). 
     In one example, the watertight and airtight caps  110  are sized and positioned (when in the container structure  100  is in the rolled-up state) to be easily grasped simultaneously by a human user&#39;s hand or fingers, allowing the user to simultaneously twist, pull, tear, etc., all the watertight and airtight caps  110  of a given container structure  100  in a single motion, so as to simultaneously remove all watertight and airtight caps  110  from all individual containers  102  of the given container structure  100  (and this is illustrated by the block arrows in  FIG. 7 ). This process is aided by the triangular shape of the caps  110  in this example, which fit against one another when the container structure  100  is in the rolled-up state (as shown, for example, in  FIG. 6 ); and the combination of such triangular-shaped caps  110  (when positioned in the rolled-up state) forms an overall hexagonal-shaped cap structure, in this example. 
     Thus, as shown in the drawings, the user can grab or pinch the overall hexagonal-shaped cap structure (created by the combination of the individual triangular-shaped caps  110  in the rolled-up structure) using their fingers or the palm on their hand, allowing the user to simultaneously grasp all caps  110  and simultaneously remove all caps  110  from the rolled-up structure  100  in one twisting, pulling, cutting, and/or tearing user motion. 
     Thus, as shown in  FIGS. 9 and 10 , when in the rolled-up state, the fill/dispense openings  112  of the container structure are positioned to cause contents  140  (e.g., liquid material, granular or powdered dry material, etc.) of the individual containers  102  to be dispensed and to mix when the watertight and airtight caps  110  are opened and the contents  140  is poured out the fill/dispense openings  112  and into a container  142 , such as a drinking glass. More specifically,  FIG. 10  illustrates many block arrows (identified by reference number  140 ) and this illustrates that different materials  140  are simultaneously dispensed from different openings  112 , and that the different materials  140  combine (e.g., mix together) as they are being dispensed from the different openings  112 . This is also shown in  FIG. 9  where the dispensed material  140  is shown as mixing into a single stream as it enters the container  142 . In other words, the dispensed material  140  begins as individual streams as it exits each different opening  112 ; however, these individual streams at least partially combine as they are poured together and as they enter the container  142 . The user can perform additional mixing of the different materials after the dispensed material  140  has been poured into the container  142 . 
     Note, that in  FIG. 10 , the individual openings  112  are only identified using a single identification number ( 112 ) to avoid clutter in the drawings; however,  FIG. 8  uses individual identification numerals for each individual fill/dispense opening, and the structure in  FIGS. 8 and 10  is the same, except that in  FIG. 10  the material  140  is shown as being dispensed. Also,  FIGS. 9 and 10  illustrate that the rolled-up container structure  100  is tilted by the user (so that the end having the fill/dispense openings  112  is lower (relative to the surface of the earth) than the opposite end of the container structure  100 ) to allow the earth&#39;s gravitational force to cause the material contents  142  to exit the fill/dispense openings  112 . 
       FIGS. 11 and 12  provide a different view of the structure, which more clearly illustrates an optional perforation feature between the caps  110  and the fill/dispense openings  112 . More specifically, in  FIG. 11 , the perforations (shown as dashed lines) can be more easily seen between the caps  110  and the fill/dispense openings  112 . Such perforations do not disturb the watertight/airtight seals of the individual containers  102 , but merely make tearing/removing the caps  110  from the openings  112  easier for the user by weakening the material in the area of the perforations (through scoring, forming incomplete holes that do not pass fully through the material, etc.). In  FIG. 12 , the fill/dispensed caps  110  have been removed (as discussed above) allowing the fill/dispense openings  112  to be available to simultaneously dispense/mix the contents of the different individual containers  102 . 
     In the previous portions of this disclosure, the openings  112  have been described as fill/dispense openings, meaning that the openings  112  can be used to fill the individual containers  102  with different materials  140 , and/or can be used for dispensing the contents  140  from the individual containers  102 . In furtherance of this concept,  FIGS. 13-15  shows some exemplary ways in which the individual containers  102  can be filled with the different materials  140 . For example, as shown in  FIG. 13 , the caps  110  are not in place, allowing the contents  140  to be placed, poured, pumped, injected, etc., into the individual containers  102  through the fill/dispense openings  112  (after which the caps  110  are positioned to seal the openings  112 ). 
     Alternatively, as shown in  FIG. 14 , various different injection processes (represented by symbolic injection devices  142 ) can be utilized to inject different materials into the different individual containers. For example, the container structure  100  can be made of a somewhat flexible material that can be self-sealing if a small enough injection hole is utilized to inject the material. Alternatively, the injection process can be combined with a heating process that re-melts the material of the container structure  100 , thereby sealing any injection holes as they are made. Additionally, those ordinarily skilled in the art we understand that many other types of self-sealing injection methodologies can be utilized with the structures disclosed. 
     In an alternative structure that aids in the filling of the individual containers  102 ,  FIG. 15  illustrates that the flat base wall  114  can comprise a flap that can be open to allow the different materials  140  to be inserted, placed, poured, pumped, injected, etc., into the individual containers  102 . After the material  140  is inserted into the individual containers, the flat base wall  114  is sealed to the other walls (to create the structure shown in  FIG. 2 , for example) to again create the watertight and airtight sealed individual containers  102  that are described above. 
     While a few exemplary methodologies and structures for filling the individual containers  102  are described above, those ordinarily skilled in the art would understand that many other methodologies could be utilized to fill the individual containers with different materials  140 . Further, these materials  140  can be any form of materials, liquids, solids, crystalline materials, powdered materials, liquids containing solids, pressurize materials, carbonated materials, etc. 
     Additionally, while the foregoing examples have presented individual containers  102  that have a triangular-shaped tubular body  106 , and that when rolled-up form a hexagonal-shaped structure, those ordinarily skilled in the art would understand that many other shapes could be utilized. Also, the previous examples form a hexagonal-shaped structure when in the rolled-up state because six individual containers are included within the example shown above. However, the number of sides the rolled-up container will contain is only dependent upon the number of individual containers  102  that are connected by the joints  104 . Therefore, if there are four individual containers  102 , the resulting rolled-up container structure will have four sides (as shown in cross-sectional view in  FIG. 16 ); similarly, if there are five individual containers  102 , the resulting rolled-up container structure will have five sides (as shown in cross-sectional view in  FIG. 17 ). 
     Further, the number and/or cross-sectional size of individual containers  102  that are included within a single container structure  100  may be subject to the usage of the container. If, for example, a user-consumable drink that contains three distinct substances (e.g., water in one individual container, powered flavoring in one individual container, and sugar in one individual container) may only include three individual containers (if each container has sufficient volume to hold a prescribed quantity of material), which would result in a triangular-shaped container when rolled-up. Some of the individual containers can contain the same material, depending upon quantity requirements. Thus, those skilled in the art would understand that the rolled-up container structure herein can contain as many sides as there are individual containers and can be triangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, etc., and the number of individual containers may depend upon what the container structure  100  maintains. Therefore, containers having a triangular-shaped tubular body  106  and a rolled-up container having a hexagonal shape are only examples, and the disclosed structure is intended to include all shaped individual and rolled-up structures. 
     Further, so long as each of individual containers  102  include a flat face wall  114 , and the joints  104  between the individual containers  100  allow the container structure  100  to be rolled-up, the remaining structure of the individual containers  102  can take almost any shape. Therefore, for example, as shown in  FIGS. 18 and 19 , the remaining structure of individual containers  126  can have a curved shape, and this curve shaped portion  126  in  FIGS. 18 and 19  can be flexible (e.g., as a bag, pouch, or pouch-like structure and becomes curved as it is filled with contents) or the curve shaped portion  126  can be non-flexible and remain curved in all situations (whether full or empty). 
     In  FIG. 20 , the pouch-like structures  126  are shown to have different sizes. Additionally, each flat face wall  114  can comprise many different flat sections  124  that run from end wall  118  to end wall  118 . The flat sections  124  of each flat face wall  114  can be more easily seen in  FIG. 21 , which illustrates the structure shown in  FIG. 20  in partially rolled-up form.  FIG. 22  illustrates the same structure shown in  FIGS. 20 and 21  in fully rolled-up form. 
     As can be seen in  FIGS. 20-22 , the ‘rigid’ outer shell  114  (i.e. the exterior  114  when rolled-up) can be strips of rigid material  124 . Also, as shown, there can be many strips  124  of rigid material for each of the inner softer/malleable pouches/bags  126 , such that each relatively more flexible pouch/bag  124  spans multiple lengths of the rigid strips  124 . When the container is flat or unrolled, it sits flat because the inner pouches/bags  124  are flexible and soft, and the inner pouches/bags  124  spread evenly over the rigid strips  124 . However, when rolled, because of the rigid outer shell  114 / 124 , the container forms the shape of a cylinder ( FIG. 22 ), and the inner softer pouches/bags  124  change shape to fill the interior of the cylinder. 
       FIG. 23  illustrates that the individual containers  102  can be different than triangular or pouch-shaped structures in cross-section, and in  FIG. 23  the bodies  116  are six-sided bodies in cross-section (were a five-sided body  116  is connected to the flat face wall  114 ). Similarly, in  FIGS. 24 and 25  (where the container structure  100  is shown unrolled in  FIG. 24  and rolled-up in  FIG. 25 ) the individual containers can have a rectangular shape in cross-section. Note that with the rectangular-shaped individual containers  102  (in  FIGS. 24 and 25 ) the joints  104  can be longer (larger) than the joints  104  used for triangular-shaped individual containers  102  shown in  FIG. 1 . 
       FIGS. 26 and 27  illustrate an unrolled ( FIG. 26 ) and rolled-up ( FIG. 27 ) container structure  100 , where the individual containers  102  include curved outer face walls  134  (in place of the flat face walls  114 ) that can be flexible or rigid; and these illustrated structures  100  otherwise maintain all the features discussed above with respect to the triangular structures shown in  FIGS. 1-15 . 
     An additional feature shown in  FIGS. 18 ,  19 , and  23  is a strip or band  150  that connects all of the caps  110  together. This strip or band  150  helps ensure that all the caps  110  will be positioned in the same location when the structure is rolled-up, and helps ensure that all the caps are simultaneously removed when the user twists the caps  110  off the rolled-up container structure  100 . 
     All structures described herein can be made of any material capable of forming a watertight or airtight container, and such structures can be formed using any manufacturing process, whether currently known or developed in the future. For example, the container structures described herein can be formed of plastics, glasses, metals, alloys, rubbers, etc., or any combinations of such materials; and the structures herein can be fully (or have sections that are) transparent, translucent, non-transparent, etc. The container structures herein can be made using any manufacturing technique including, but not limited to injection molding, extrusion molding, stamping, patterning, lithography, material patterning/cutting/shaping/grinding, component assembly, etc. Further, some portions of the containers mentioned herein can be made of different materials than other portions of the containers or the entire container structure can be made of a single uniform material, depending upon the use of the container structure. Additional, the containers herein can be one-time-use containers, or can be reusable. 
     Therefore, the material makeup, appearance, size, shapes, etc., of the structures described herein can vary for different uses, so long as the flat base walls can be folded along the joints to allow the structure to be rolled-up from a flat state to a rolled-up state, where all the caps and openings are positioned adjacent one another when the structure is in the rolled-up state. 
     While some exemplary structures are illustrated in the attached drawings, those ordinarily skilled in the art would understand that the drawings are simplified schematic illustrations and that the claims presented below encompass many more features that are not illustrated (or potentially many less) but that are commonly utilized with such devices and systems. Therefore, Applicants do not intend for the claims presented below to be limited by the attached drawings, but instead the attached drawings are merely provided to illustrate a few ways in which the claimed features can be implemented. 
     In addition, terms such as “right”, “left”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “upper”, “lower”, “under”, “below”, “underlying”, “over”, “overlying”, “parallel”, “perpendicular”, etc., used herein are understood to be relative locations as they are oriented and illustrated in the drawings (unless otherwise indicated). Terms such as “touching”, “on”, “in direct contact”, “abutting”, “directly adjacent to”, etc., mean that at least one element physically contacts another element (without other elements separating the described elements). Further, the terms automated or automatically mean that once a process is started (by a machine or a user), one or more machines perform the process without further input from any user. 
     It will be appreciated that the above-disclosed and other features and functions, or alternatives thereof, may be desirably combined into many other different systems or applications. Various presently unforeseen or unanticipated alternatives, modifications, variations, or improvements therein may be subsequently made by those skilled in the art which are also intended to be encompassed by the following claims. Unless specifically defined in a specific claim itself, steps or components of the systems and methods herein cannot be implied or imported from any above example as limitations to any particular order, number, position, size, shape, angle, color, or material.