Method, system, and program for providing information on components within a network
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for providing information on components within a network, comprising:
- providing a grouping indicating interconnected components;
providing component objects representing the interconnected components, wherein at least one component object represents a composite component including at least one contained component, wherein each contained component is represented by one component object, wherein relationship information indicates a relationship between each component object representing one composite component and the component objects representing contained components included in the composite component;
providing connection objects indicating connections between components represented by component objects; and
processing the component objects, the relationship information, and the connection objects to generate output information indicating an arrangement of at least one component within the network.
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Abstract
Provided are a method, system, program and memory device for providing information on components within a network. Provided is a grouping indicating interconnected components and component objects representing the interconnected components, wherein at least one component object represents a composite component including at least one contained component, wherein each contained component is represented by one component object, wherein relationship information indicates a relationship between each component object representing one composite component and the component objects representing contained components included in the composite component. Further provided are connection objects indicating connections between components represented by component objects. The component objects, the relationship information, and the connection objects are processed to generate output information indicating an arrangement of at least one component within the network.
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45 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for providing information on components within a network, comprising:
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providing a grouping indicating interconnected components;
providing component objects representing the interconnected components, wherein at least one component object represents a composite component including at least one contained component, wherein each contained component is represented by one component object, wherein relationship information indicates a relationship between each component object representing one composite component and the component objects representing contained components included in the composite component;
providing connection objects indicating connections between components represented by component objects; and
processing the component objects, the relationship information, and the connection objects to generate output information indicating an arrangement of at least one component within the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for providing information on components within a network, comprising:
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means for providing a grouping indicating interconnected components;
means for providing component objects representing the interconnected components, wherein at least one component object represents a composite component including at least one contained component, wherein each contained component is represented by one component object, wherein relationship information indicates a relationship between each component object representing one composite component and the component objects representing contained components included in the composite component;
means for providing connection objects indicating connections between components represented by component objects; and
means for processing the component objects, the relationship information, and the connection objects to generate output information indicating an arrangement of at least one component within the network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An article of manufacture for providing information on components within a network, wherein the article of manufacture causes operations to be performed, comprising:
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providing a grouping indicating interconnected components;
providing component objects representing the interconnected components, wherein at least one component object represents a composite component including at least one contained component, wherein each contained component is represented by one component object, wherein relationship information indicates a relationship between each component object representing one composite component and the component objects representing contained components included in the composite component;
providing connection objects indicating connections between components represented by component objects; and
processing the component objects, the relationship information, and the connection objects to generate output information indicating an arrangement of at least one component within the network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A memory device including data structures for providing information on components within a network, wherein the data structures comprise:
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a grouping indicating interconnected components;
component objects representing the interconnected components, wherein at least one component object represents a composite component including at least one contained component, wherein each contained component is represented by one component object, wherein relationship information indicates a relationship between each component object representing one composite component and the component objects representing contained components included in the composite component;
connection objects indicating connections between components represented by component objects, wherein the component objects, the relationship information, and the connection objects are processed to generate output information indicating an arrangement of at least one component within the network. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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