GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A graphical user interface (GUI) for managing network elements in a network, comprising:
- a first level view to display a plurality of network element groupings in a network context, showing relationships between the network element groupings; and
a second level view to display a selected network element grouping from the first level view, the second level view showing lower level properties in the network context of at least one network element of the selected network element grouping.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) provides a plurality of views of a network and its elements in the same viewing engine. A user can switch between the plurality of views in a context-sensitive manner, each view showing relationship or interconnection information. The GUI allows a user to view inter-related objects at the same level, and to view at a lower level sub-objects that make up each of those objects. Different functional views can be provided at the same hierarchical or logical level based on the stored relationship information. A user can navigate between a network level view, a site level view, a shelf level view, and a schematic level view, via element selection or by zooming. A network element data set provides context-sensitive data and images to each level and view for that network element and enables automatic generation of a network topology.
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20 Claims
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1. A graphical user interface (GUI) for managing network elements in a network, comprising:
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a first level view to display a plurality of network element groupings in a network context, showing relationships between the network element groupings; and
a second level view to display a selected network element grouping from the first level view, the second level view showing lower level properties in the network context of at least one network element of the selected network element grouping. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer readable medium containing computer instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for enabling management of network elements in a network, comprising:
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instructions for displaying, in a first level view, a plurality of network element groupings in a network context, showing relationships between the network element groupings; and
instructions for displaying, in a second level view, a selected network element grouping from the first level view, the second level view showing lower level properties in the network context of at least one network element of the selected network element grouping.
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Specification