JPH0916359A - Network utilizing state monitoring method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a network utilizing state monitoring method with which task utilizes a network and when the network is utilized can be easily reported to a user. CONSTITUTION: A main body 4 of computer is provided with a multitask OS part 9 for controlling tasks 1-3 to be respectively operated in the computer and a network OS part 10 for providing a network communication function. The network OS part 10 performs access to a network line 11 while using an interface function. A display 5 connected to the main body 4 of computer is provided with a function for displaying the states of respective tasks while using the window picture or icon of a graphical user interface. Each window picture has a title bar 12 showing which task provides the picture.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network usage status monitoring method, and more particularly to a network usage status monitoring method for monitoring the network usage status of a plurality of tasks operating on a multitasking OS section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional network usage status monitoring method is provided with an access lamp to indicate when a corresponding system is communicating with a network.
The display indicates that the device is in use at a specific position on the display device.

[0003]

Although the above-mentioned conventional network utilization state monitoring method can know whether the system is using the network or not, a plurality of tasks operate on the multi-task OS unit. If so, you cannot know which task is using the network. Therefore, in the case of a multi-task OS, a task other than the task currently displayed and used by the user may be accessing the network, and if the frequency of network access of the task displayed and not used by the user increases, May be displayed and the performance of the task in use may deteriorate, but there is a problem in that it is not possible to know why the performance has deteriorated.

The object of the present invention is to provide a graphical user
On the multitasking OS part of the interface, the fact that the network is being used is displayed on a specific part of the display screen of the task using the network, and the user can easily tell which task is using the network and when. It is to provide a method for monitoring network usage status that can be notified.

[0005]

A method for monitoring network usage status according to the present invention has a multi-task OS section using a graphical user interface operating in a computer and a network OS section for realizing a network communication function. However, in the network usage status monitoring method for displaying the status of a plurality of tasks operating on the multi-task OS unit on a display device, any task that uses the network is displayed on the screen of the graphical user interface. If so, a part of the screen display of the arbitrary task is made to blink, and if the display of the arbitrary task is an icon, this icon is made to blink.

In the network utilization state monitoring method of the present invention, a part of the screen display of an arbitrary task and an icon flash are replaced by a part of the screen display of the arbitrary task and a hue conversion of the icon. You may.

In the network usage status monitoring method of the present invention, a part of the screen display of an arbitrary task and an icon flash are replaced by a part of the screen display of the arbitrary task and a halftone display of the icon. You may.

[0008]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view for explaining the whole one embodiment of the present invention.

The computer main body 4 has a multi-task OS section 9 for controlling tasks 1, 2 and 3 operating in the computer main body 4 and a network OS section 10 for realizing a network communication function. The network OS unit 10 uses the interface function to access the network line 11. The display 5 connected to the computer body 4 is a graphical user
It has a function to display the status of each task using the interface window screen or icons. In FIG. 1, it is shown that task 1 is active and being displayed on the window screen 6, task 2 is being displayed on the icon 7, and task 3 is being displayed on the window screen 8. It indicates that Each window screen has a title bar 12 for displaying which task the screen is.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view for explaining a display example on the display screen.

In this case, the task bar 1 in the active window display is in a state where the title bar 12 is blinking in order to display that the network communication is further performed.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view for explaining a display example on the display screen.

In this case, the icon 7 of the task 2 is blinking in order to display that the task 2 in the icon display is performing network communication.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of processing in the network OS unit.

The display state of the task performing communication is checked to determine which display portion should be blinked.

Next, the operation will be described.

First, the overall structure will be described with reference to FIG.

On the multitask OS section 9 operating in the computer main body 4, three programs of task 1, task 2 and task 3 are operating. The window screens displayed on the display 5 connected to the computer body 4 are the window screen 6 that is the active window screen of task 1, the icon 7 that is the iconized screen of task 2, and the window of task 3. This is screen 8. Task 1, task 2, and task 3 operate with the resources allocated from the multitask OS unit 9, respectively, and when each task uses a network, the interface function of the network OS unit 10 is used. Access line 11.

The present invention adds the processing of FIG. 4 from the task in the computer body 4 to the network OS section 10 having the interface function of using the network. Therefore, it is not necessary to add special processing to the application of task 1, task 2 or task 3 operating on the multi-task OS unit 9, and the conventional application can operate as it is. .

Next, a case where the network is accessed from the task 1 on the multitask OS unit 9 will be described as an example with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 4.

Task 1 is currently operating with the window screen 6 on the display 5 as a display screen. here,
When the network OS unit 10 is accessed by the task 1, the processing flow in FIG. 4 is executed.
According to the processing flow of FIG. 4, the display state of the task currently accessing the network (here, task 1) is obtained and it is determined whether it is the window display or the icon display, but the task 1 is active. Since it is the window display of, the title bar 12 is blinked as shown in FIG. 2 as the processing in this case. Here, the user of the computer main body 4 knows that the task 1 is using the network line 11 via the network OS unit 10 by blinking the title bar 12 displayed on the window screen 6 of the display 5. . After that, the original network OS process is performed according to the process flow of FIG.

Next, a case where the network is accessed from the task 2 on the multitask OS section 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4. Task 2 is currently operating with the icon 7 on the display 5 as a display screen.
Therefore, task 2 does not actually have a screen. here,
When the task 2 accesses the network OS unit 10, first, the processing flow shown in FIG. 4 is executed. According to the processing flow shown in FIG. 4, the display state of the task (here, task 2) currently accessing the network is icon display. Therefore, as the processing in this case, the icon 7 in FIG. 3 is blinked. Here, the user of the computer main body 4 knows that the task 2 is using the network line 11 via the network OS unit 10 by blinking the icon 7 on the display 5. After that, the original network OS process is performed according to the process flow of FIG.

Thus, the user of the computer main body 4 knows the blinking portion on the screen of the display 5, and, for example, if the title bar 12 of the window screen 6 is blinking, the task 1 indicates the network OS unit 10 Is being used, or if the icon 7 is blinking, it can be known that the task 2 is using the network OS unit 10.

In the above description, the method of displaying the task usage status is performed by blinking on the screen, but this can be replaced by hue conversion or halftone display, or a combination thereof.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, if an arbitrary task that uses a network is a screen display on a graphical user interface, a part of the screen display of the arbitrary task is made to blink and an arbitrary task is displayed. If the task is displayed as an icon, this icon is made to blink, so that there is an effect that it is possible to easily inform the user of which task is using the network and when.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an entire embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example on a display screen.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example on a display screen.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing in a network OS unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,2,3 tasks 4 Computer body 5 Display 6,8 Window screen 7 Icon 9 Multitask OS section 10 Network OS section 11 Network line 12 Title bar

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of multitasking OS units that use a graphical user interface operating in a computer and a network OS unit that realizes a network communication function, and that operates on the multitasking OS unit. In the network usage status monitoring method of displaying the status of the task on the display device, if the task for using the network is the screen display on the graphical user interface, a part of the screen display of the arbitrary task blinks. If the display of the arbitrary task is an icon, the icon is made to blink, and the network usage status monitoring method is characterized. 2. The part of the screen display of an arbitrary task and the flashing of an icon are replaced by a part of the hue conversion of the screen display of the arbitrary task and the icon's hue conversion. 1. The network usage status monitoring method described in 1. 3. The part of the screen display of an arbitrary task and the flashing of an icon are replaced by a part of the screen display of the arbitrary task, which is a shaded display and a shaded display of an icon. 1. The network usage status monitoring method described in 1.