公开(公告)号：US06594588B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-15

申请号：US09700853

申请日：2001-05-07

Applicant: Joseph Martin Peden ,  Morgan Nicholas Skinner ,  Robin Dylan Jones ,  Andrew Martin Davis ,  Philip Ian Holt ,  Graham Stuart Taylor

Inventor： Joseph Martin Peden ,  Morgan Nicholas Skinner ,  Robin Dylan Jones ,  Andrew Martin Davis ,  Philip Ian Holt ,  Graham Stuart Taylor

IPC: G06F314

CPC classification number: G06F8/34 ,  G06F19/00 ,  Y10S707/99944 ,  Y10S707/99947

Abstract: A system and method for handling laboratory information includes a graphical user interface with a plurality of windows. A palette of icons is provided in a first one of the windows, each icon representing a predetermined task to be executed by a processor in communication with the graphical user interface. The processor is also in communication with a database containing static laboratory data (such as the type of sample to be analysed) as well as dynamic laboratory data (such as the name of the specific sample to be tested and the results of that test). A user can select icons from the first window and “drag and drop” them into a second window. A sequence of tasks may thus be built up, in the form of a tree structure, and when run the processor executes the sequence of tasks in turn by reference to the static and dynamic laboratory data.

Abstract translation: 用于处理实验室信息的系统和方法包括具有多个窗口的图形用户界面。 在第一个窗口中提供图标调色板，每个图标表示由图形用户界面通信的处理器执行的预定任务。 处理器还与包含静态实验室数据（例如待分析样品的类型）的数据库以及动态实验室数据（例如要测试的具体样品的名称和该测试的结果）进行通信。 用户可以从第一个窗口中选择图标，并将其拖放到第二个窗口中。 因此，可以以树结构的形式构建任务序列，并且当运行时，处理器依次参考静态和动态实验室数据来执行任务序列。