Patent ID: 7703046

Claim:
A system for providing information about the occurrence of at least one predetermined event associated with a single uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in operable communication with the system, the system comprising: a processor in operable communication with the single UPS; a worker module coupled to the processor and configured to determine whether the predetermined event has occurred at the single UPS; and a user interface module responsive to the determination of the worker module, the user interface module configured to automatically generate a first user interface portion providing information relating to the predetermined event, the first user interface portion comprising at least one of a graphical portion and an alphanumerical portion, the first user interface portion concurrently providing multiple pieces of information regarding multiple characteristics of at least one of operation of the single UPS and connectivity of the system with the single UPS, wherein the first user interface portion has a size substantially similar to a size of a toolbar, the user interface module being further configured to automatically generate a second user interface portion providing historical power event information associated with the single UPS; wherein the first and second user interface portions together occupy substantially an entire display window; wherein the user interface module generates the first user interface portion and causes the first user interface portion to be displayed automatically upon occurrence of the predetermined event; and wherein the multiple characteristics are at least two of battery capacity, time to shutdown, or on-line/on-battery status.