Patent ID: 7062718

Claim:
A method for displaying an application comprising a plurality of programs, wherein the plurality of programs execute in a system comprising a plurality of hardware devices, wherein the method executes on a first computer system, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of device icons corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of hardware devices in the system; displaying connections between the plurality of device icons to visually indicate connections between the plurality of hardware devices; and displaying a plurality of program icons on the display, wherein the plurality of program icons correspond to the plurality of programs, wherein one or more of the program icons are displayed proximate to respective ones of the device icons to indicate that respective programs corresponding to the program icons are stored on respective hardware devices corresponding to the device icons; wherein the plurality of programs are configured to execute according to execution relationships among the plurality of programs; wherein said displaying the plurality of program icons on the display comprises displaying the plurality of program icons according to the execution relationships to visually indicate the execution relationships among the plurality of programs.