User Interface Design for Telecommunications Systems

• US 20100299605A1
• Filed: 08/05/2010
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Savoor, Raghbendra G., Osato, Jerold D., Jiang, Baofeng, Wu, Xidong
• Granted Patent: US 8,739,042 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/736
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

In a particular embodiment, a display includes a first interface and a second interface. The first interface is organized by data communications network technology area and the second interface is grouped by operational function. Each operational function includes a summary view and a detailed functional view.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a user terminal configured to generate a display comprising;

a first interface organized by data communications network technology area; and

a second interface grouped by operational function, wherein each operational function includes a summary view and a detailed functional view, and wherein each summary view is organized as a drill down view based on a set of view detail levels.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first interface identifies a plurality of different data communications network technologies.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the plurality of different data communications network technologies includes asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), frame relay, Ethernet, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), or any combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second interface identifies a plurality of operational functions.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of operational functions includes inventory management, bandwidth management, performance management, provisioning auditing, or any combination thereof.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the detailed functional view comprises a set of view detail levels.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the set of view detail levels includes a geographic region level, a state or metropolitan area level, a local access transport area (LATA) level, a wire center level, an equipment port level, or any combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein each view detail level of the set of view detail levels includes one or more Internet navigation links based on a particular network level.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the particular network level includes a regional level or a pinpoint level.

10. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the first interface is vendor independent.

11. A method, comprising:

displaying a first view of a user interface to a network operations support system at a user terminal, wherein the first view is organized by data communications network technology area, and wherein the first view identifies a plurality of different data communications network technologies; and

displaying a second view of the user interface to the network operations support system at the user terminal, wherein the second view is grouped by operational function, wherein each operational function includes a summary view and a detailed functional view, wherein the second view identifies a plurality of different operational functions, and wherein each summary view is organized as a drill down view based on a set of detail levels.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the detailed functional view comprises a set of detail levels including a geographic region level, a state or metropolitan area level, a local access transport area (LATA) level, a wire center level, and an equipment port level.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving input indicating a selected network level.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying internet navigational links based on the selected network level.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the selected network level is one of a regional level and a pinpoint level.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the network operations support system has access to a plurality of different network analysis subsystems.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of different data communications network technologies includes digital subscriber line (DSL), frame relay, Ethernet, and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technologies.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying a set of operational functions including inventory management, bandwidth management, performance management, and provisioning auditing.

19. A system, comprising:

a user terminal configured to generate a display comprising a user interface to a telecommunications network support system, the user interface comprising;

a first level view organized by network technology area; and

a second level view identifying operations information associated with each network technology area, wherein the second level view is organized into sub-categories of one or more operational functions.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the operations information comprises a summary view of each operational function.