METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTUITIVELY ADMINISTERING NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEMS

• US 20030033402A1
• Filed: 04/07/2000
• Published: 02/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1996
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anders Vinberg, Chandrasekha Sundaresh, Michael Her, Reuven Battat, Sidney Wang
• Original Assignee: Anders Vinberg, Chandrasekha Sundaresh, Michael Her, Reuven Battat, Sidney Wang
• Inventors: Her, Michael, Battat, Reuven, Vinberg, Anders, Sundaresh, Chandrasekha, Wang, Sidney
• Application Number:
  US09/545,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20030033402A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0686 Additional information in the notification, e.g. enhancement of specific meta-data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0853 by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/16 using machine learning or artificial intelligence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

A method and apparatus intuitively to administer all components of a networked computer system by use of real multi-dimensional views of any component or any set of components, including components related to a specific business interest, and with customizable and fully extensible functionality, across heterogenous platforms and applications. Navigation and configuration tools are provided, with an intelligent cursor, to travel to and address any component part thereof, or subset of components, with status and abnormalities identified, monitored and controlled, and by hierarchical filtration, and aggregation correlation with asynchronous notification. Graphical presentation tools are also provided employing an enhanced zooming graphical display.

Claims

1. A method for presenting a representation of at least a portion of a networked computer system, comprising:

displaying a node icon representing a node of the networked computer system;

displaying a link representing a relationship between a component of the node and a remote component of the networked computer system;

receiving a signal from a user representing a selection of the node icon;

displaying at least one component contained in the node using a transition effect, thereby replacing the node icon; and

redisplaying the link representing the relationship between the component of the node and the remote component of the networked computer system.