Claims
- 1. A console apparatus for an information processing system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses, comprising:
- memory means, having a plurality of storage areas assigned to respective ones of said plurality of processing apparatuses, for storing messages received from said respective ones of said plurality of information processing apparatuses in one of said storage areas assigned thereto;
- message analyzing means for analyzing said message received from one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses to detect a state of said one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses; and
- display processing means, including a display screen, for displaying state identification information representing said detected states of said plurality of information processing apparatuses and information of said storage areas assigned to respective ones of said plurality of processing apparatuses on said display screen as respective windows in an overlapping multi-window form, wherein
- said window for displaying said state identification information is displayed so as not to be hidden by remaining windows displayed in said overlapping multi-window form.
- 2. A console apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a priority order management table having information for setting a priority order of said window for displaying said state identification information in a preferred order, wherein said display processing means displays said window for displaying said state identification information as a foremost window on said display screen based on said information stored in said priority order management table.
- 3. A console apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a window management table having information of a start coordinate and an end coordinate of each of said respective windows which are adjustable, wherein said display processing means displays said respective windows on the basis of said information stored in said window management table so that said window for displaying said state identification information is displayed so as not to be hidden by remaining windows.
- 4. A console apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display processing means displays, at said window for displaying said state identification information, state identification information representing said detected state of at least one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses.
- 5. A console apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said message analyzing means detects, as said state of said one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses, at least one of an issuance of a reply request from said information processing apparatuses to an operator of said information processing system and an error occurrence of said information processing apparatuses.
- 6. A console apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said display processing means displays, at said window for displaying said state identification information, not only said state identification information representing said detected state of at least one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses but also identification information of said at least one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses.
- 7. A console apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when one of said remaining windows displays a message received from one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses which is in a detected state shown by said window for displaying said state identification information, said display processing means displays said one of said remaining windows as a foremost window on said display screen except for said window for displaying said state identification information.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 07/942,811, filed Sep. 10, 1992, U.S. Pat. No. 5,687,313 which is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 07/848,930 filed on Mar. 10, 1992 abandoned.
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