Patent ID: 8527949

Claim:
A non-transitory machine memory adapted such that when read by one or more processors of a computer system, control signals and data are provided from the memory to the processors, resulting in: a) display of a first graphical user interface (GUI) workspace on an optical display device, the first workspace comprising a display of a first configuration of a programmable electronic device including configurable circuit blocks operable during a first time period; b) display of a second GUI workspace comprising a second configuration of the programmable electronic device, the second configuration operable during a second time period different than the first time period during which the first configuration is operable; c) display of a third GUI workspace including user interface elements responsive to human input via peripheral input devices, the third GUI workspace responsive to human inputs to the user interface elements to reconfigure the first configuration into the second configuration; and d) determination and storage of device configuration changes to evolve the first configuration into the second configuration during a transition from the first time period to the second time period.