Patent ID: 7643896

Claim:
An operation-related information display method, comprising: identifying a printed-wiring board based on previously stored information for identifying the printed wiring board; obtaining the previously stored information related to the identified printed-wiring board; and displaying, on a display screen, an interface which includes a first area having a depiction of a physical layout of components of the printed-wiring board and which is configured so that a user can select a component shown on the first area and the interface will display information of at least identification information of the component and information of a type of assembly the component makes with the printed-wiring board, and a second area which is configured so a user can enter, in the second area, information of at least identification information of the component and information of a type of assembly the component makes with the printed-wiring board, wherein entering the information in the second area causes the component to be identified in the display of the first area by displaying the specified component in a manner that discriminates the specified component over the rest of the components.