Network connection status monitor and display
First Claim
1. A method for resolving a condition of a connection within a communications network to a user, comprising the steps of:
- (a) determining a condition of a first interface element of the network;
(b) determining a condition of a second interface element of the network, the first and second interface elements sharing the connection within the network;
(c) combining the conditions of the first and second interface elements to determine the condition of the connection from a predetermined plurality of connection conditions the predetermined plurality of connection conditions including a disabled/bad condition indicative that the connection would not be operable even if a disabled one of the first and second interface elements were to be enabled; and
(d) displaying a representation of the condition of the connection to the user.
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Abstract
A system provides representations of connections or other relationships among entities that make up a communications network. The representations may each have a color or shading to represent different conditions of the relationship. The representations may be graphical and may also include textual information as well as graphical hot-spots selectable by a user to provide even more detailed information regarding the relationship. The condition of each relationship may be determined based upon a combination of the conditions of the interface elements which are coupled together to form the communications relationship.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for resolving a condition of a connection within a communications network to a user, comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining a condition of a first interface element of the network; (b) determining a condition of a second interface element of the network, the first and second interface elements sharing the connection within the network; (c) combining the conditions of the first and second interface elements to determine the condition of the connection from a predetermined plurality of connection conditions the predetermined plurality of connection conditions including a disabled/bad condition indicative that the connection would not be operable even if a disabled one of the first and second interface elements were to be enabled; and (d) displaying a representation of the condition of the connection to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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14. An apparatus for resolving a condition of a connection within a communications network to a user, comprising:
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first means for determining a condition of a first interface element of the network; second means for determining a condition of a second interface element of the network, the first and second interface elements sharing the connection in the network; third means for combining the conditions of the first and second interface elements to determine the condition of the connection from a predetermined plurality of connection conditions the predetermined plurality of connection conditions including a disabled/bad condition indicative that the connection would not be operable even if a disabled one of the first and second interface elements were to be enabled; and fourth means for displaying a representation of the condition of the connection to the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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