Selective macro event recording
| Title: | Selective macro event recording |
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| Patent Number: | 8,566,716 |
| Publication Date: | October 22, 2013 |
| Appl. No: | 11/032822 |
| Application Filed: | January 10, 2005 |
| Abstract: | A method, system and apparatus for selective macro event recording. In accordance with the present invention, events can be selectively included in a macro recording process, even where the events occur across different contexts such as different application windows in different applications. Specifically, once a macro recording session has been initiated for a particular application or application window, events occurring in different applications or application windows can be selected for inclusion in the macro through an append recording operation. Notably, the selective macro recording facility can be included as part of an operating environment, or as part of the individual applications executing within the operating environment. |
| Inventors: | Haynes, Thomas R. (Apex, NC, US); Larson, Douglas A. (Raleigh, NC, US); Muralidharan, Srinivasan (Apex, NC, US); Park, Ki H. (Cary, NC, US); Amin, Shirish (Cary, NC, US); Yehle, Robin L. (Raleigh, NC, US) |
| Assignees: | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY, US) |
| Claim: | 1. A selective macro event recording method comprising the steps of: activating a macro recording facility for a specified context; adding the context to a list of contexts from which events are to be recorded to a macro; recording events flowing to and from the contexts in the list of contexts to the macro; in response to receiving a new context, determining if the new context should be added to the list of contexts based on user selection of the new context from a retrieved list of active contexts; adding the new context to the list of contexts if it is determined that the new context should be added to the list of contexts; and in response to a determination that a context needs to be removed from the list of contexts, removing the context from the list of context. |
| Claim: | 2. A hardware storage device having stored thereon a computer program for selective macro event recording, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions which when executed by a machine causes the machine to perform the steps of: activating a macro recording facility for a specified context; adding the context to a list of contexts from which events are to be recorded to the macro; recording events flowing to and from the contexts in the list of contexts to the macro; in response to receiving a new context, determining if the new context should be added to the list of contexts based on user selection of the new context from a retrieved list of active contexts; adding the new context to the list of contexts if it is determined that the new context should be added to the list of contexts; and in response to a determination that a context needs to be removed from the list of contexts, removing the context from the list of context. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 715/704 |
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| Primary Examiner: | Tan, Alvin |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Greenberg, Esq., Steven M. Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & O'Keefe |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.08566716 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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