Method and system for displaying status information of communications networks
First Claim
1. In a support system for a communications network, a method for presenting to a user status information of the communications network generated upon a change in status of the network at a work station including a computer and a display device connected to the computer, the display device having a display screen for displaying graphic objects and text strings thereon, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a knowledge base for storing a multiplicity of information records, the information records including;
the status information that can be presented on the display screen, the status information including time data representing the time at which the status information was generated; and
a set of mode control graphic objects that can be displayed on the display screen, the set of mode control graphic objects representing different modes of reviewing the status information;
displaying the set of mode control graphic objects including a time factor graphic object on the display screen;
selecting at least one of the set of mode control graphic objects displayed on the display screen to identify a desired mode of review of the status information;
receiving a start command initiated by the user;
receiving a time factor command initiated by the user;
displaying a start time on the display screen in response to the start time command;
displaying a numerical value associated with the time graphic object on the display screen in response to the time factor command;
sequentially reviewing the status information of the communications network based on the identified mode of review, the time data of the status information, the start time command and the time factor command; and
displaying status information of the communications network on the display screen based on the results of the step of reviewing.
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Abstract
Method and system are provided for graphically displaying status information from alarm message generated during outages of a network such as a Common Channel Signaling (CCS) Network. The method and system include play, search, stop, filter, and pause features to efficiently analyze network-wide CCS events. In this way, the information is logically shrunk to a manageable size without losing information important to engineer and administer the network.
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24 Claims
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1. In a support system for a communications network, a method for presenting to a user status information of the communications network generated upon a change in status of the network at a work station including a computer and a display device connected to the computer, the display device having a display screen for displaying graphic objects and text strings thereon, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a knowledge base for storing a multiplicity of information records, the information records including; the status information that can be presented on the display screen, the status information including time data representing the time at which the status information was generated; and a set of mode control graphic objects that can be displayed on the display screen, the set of mode control graphic objects representing different modes of reviewing the status information; displaying the set of mode control graphic objects including a time factor graphic object on the display screen; selecting at least one of the set of mode control graphic objects displayed on the display screen to identify a desired mode of review of the status information; receiving a start command initiated by the user; receiving a time factor command initiated by the user; displaying a start time on the display screen in response to the start time command; displaying a numerical value associated with the time graphic object on the display screen in response to the time factor command; sequentially reviewing the status information of the communications network based on the identified mode of review, the time data of the status information, the start time command and the time factor command; and displaying status information of the communications network on the display screen based on the results of the step of reviewing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a support system for a communications network, a computer system for presenting to a user status information generated upon a change in status of the network at a work station including a computer and a display device connected to the computer, the display device having a display screen for displaying graphic objects and text strings thereon, the system comprising:
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a knowledge base for storing a multiplicity of information records, said knowledge base including; means for denoting the status information that can be presented on the display screen, the status information including time data representing the time at which the status information was generated; and means for denoting a set of mode control graphic objects that can be displayed on the display screen, the set of mode control graphic objects representing different modes of reviewing the status information; means for displaying the set of mode control graphic objects including a time factor graphic object on the display screen; means for selecting at least one of the set of mode control graphic objects displayed on the display screen to identify a desired mode of review of the status information; means for receiving from the user a start time command and a time factor command; means for displaying a start time on the display screen in response to the start time command and for displaying a numerical value associated with the time factor graphic object on the display screen in response to the time factor command; reviewing means for sequentially reviewing the status information of the communications network based on the identified desired mode of review, the time data of the status information, the start time command and the time factor command; and means for displaying status information on the display screen based on the results of the reviewing. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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