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Communication network management system for displaying operation states of network elements on a remote display unit

  • US 5,483,631 A
  • Filed: 04/14/1994
  • Issued: 01/09/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A communication network management system comprising:

  • a network manager for collecting management information, including operational status, of physical objects in a communication network, each of the physical objects having an instance which is a network node address of the corresponding physical object in said communication network; and

    display means located remote from said network manager and coupled through a transmission path with said network manager for displaying operational statuses of the physical objects in said communication network on its display screen by displaying graphic representations of said communication network physical objects,wherein said network manager includes,a data table used for converting an instance of a physical object into a corresponding display identifier to be used by said display means when displaying the physical objects operational status, and for storing management information to be displayed, andtransmission means for selecting the management information to be displayed on said display means from among the management information stored in said data table, and for transmitting said selected management information to said display means together with the display identifier corresponding to the instance of the physical object for which management information is to be displayedwherein said display means comprises a plurality of display units for displaying different types of management information of physical objects,said network manager has a distribution destination table for storing correspondence between a type of management information and one of said plurality of display units to which the type of management information will be distributed, andsaid transmission means distributes said selected management information to said plurality of display units using said distribution destination table.

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