Patent ID: 7350152

Claim:
In a computer system having a display screen and a graphical user interface (GUI) selection device, a method for providing instructions to one or more server computing devices to execute a number of identical server control parameters, the method comprising: obtaining, by the GUI selection device, an identification of a number of identical server control parameters to be executed by one or more server computing devices, wherein the server control parameters do not specify any computing device that will implement the selected control parameter; generating, by the GUI selection device, a graphical icon corresponding to the number of identical server control parameters; displaying, by the GUI selection device, the graphical icon corresponding to the number of identical server control parameters on the display screen; obtaining, by the GUI selection device, a selection of one or more of the server computing devices to execute the number of identical server control parameters; generating, by the GUI selection device, a graphical icon corresponding to the one or more server computing devices; displaying, by the GUI selection device, the graphical icon corresponding to the one or more server computing devices on the display screen; obtaining, by the GUI selection device, a selection of the graphical icon corresponding to the number of identical server control parameters and a selection of the graphical icon corresponding to the one or more server computing devices; and instructing, by the GUI selection device, the one or more server computing devices to concurrently execute the number of identical server control parameters.