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US6058333A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S715/97
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital computer implemented software system is provided which translates a control program into a graphical flow chart and displays the same upon a visual display attached to the digital computer during execution of a control program. The graphical flow chart includes multiple flow paths of execution, each flow path having a respectively associated binary memory location. Each memory location has an initial value of zero, and the value of a particular memory location increases to one upon execution of the control program along the flow path associated with that particular memory location. When a memory location has a value of one, the flow path associated therewith is visually enhanced upon the visually displayed graphical flow chart. A user is provided with a function to reset each memory location value to zero at any time during execution of the control program.
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