Computer network status monitoring system
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1. A status monitoring system for a computer network, said system comprising:
- means for monitoring an operational state of each of a plurality of nodes in said computer network;
means for concurrently generating a display of a plurality of operational status icons each indicative of a lowest detail view of said operational state of a corresponding one of said plurality of nodes in said computer network, said means for concurrently generating being operational from any one of said plurality of nodes in said computer network;
means for superimposing at least one additional status indicator on said display of any one of said plurality of operational status icons such that compound operational status information for a single one of said plurality of nodes is available in a single viewable one of said plurality of operational status icons;
means for dynamically updating said display of said operational state for each of said plurality of nodes; and
means for generating a hierarchical list of objects available from a user selected one of said plurality of nodes.
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A status monitoring system for a computer network including obtaining, concurrently displaying, and dynamically updating, the operational state of a plurality of nodes in a computer network. The operational state for each node is displayed concurrently in an expandable hierarchical display having a dynamically updatable operational state icon corresponding to each node in the network. The operational state icon is characteristic of a traffic light and can be used in combination with superimposed status indicators.
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1. A status monitoring system for a computer network, said system comprising:
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means for monitoring an operational state of each of a plurality of nodes in said computer network; means for concurrently generating a display of a plurality of operational status icons each indicative of a lowest detail view of said operational state of a corresponding one of said plurality of nodes in said computer network, said means for concurrently generating being operational from any one of said plurality of nodes in said computer network; means for superimposing at least one additional status indicator on said display of any one of said plurality of operational status icons such that compound operational status information for a single one of said plurality of nodes is available in a single viewable one of said plurality of operational status icons; means for dynamically updating said display of said operational state for each of said plurality of nodes; and means for generating a hierarchical list of objects available from a user selected one of said plurality of nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for monitoring and displaying status of a plurality of nodes in a computer network, said method comprising:
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monitoring an operational state of each of said plurality of nodes in said computer network; concurrently generating a display of a plurality of operational status icons each indicative of a lowest detail view of said operational state of a corresponding one of said plurality of nodes in said computer network, said step of concurrently generating being operational from any one of said plurality of nodes in said computer network; superimposing at least one additional status indicator on said display of any one of said plurality of operational status icons such that compound operational status information for a single one of said plurality of nodes is available in a single viewable one of said plurality of operational status icons; dynamically updating said display of said operational state for each of said plurality of nodes; and generating a hierarchical list of objects available from a user selected one of said plurality of nodes. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A program storage device readable by a computer, tangibly embodying instructions executable by said computer to perform method steps for a status monitoring and display system for a computer network, said method comprising:
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monitoring an operational state of each of a plurality of nodes in said computer network; concurrently generating a display of a plurality of operational status icons each indicative of said operational state of a corresponding one of said plurality of nodes in said computer network, said step of concurrently generating being operational from any one of said plurality of nodes in said computer network and at least one of said plurality of operational status icons is characterized as a traffic light; superimposing at least one additional status indicator on said display of any one of said plurality of operational status icons such that compound operational status information for a single one of said plurality of nodes is available in a single viewable one of said plurality of operational status icons, wherein said at least one of said plurality of operational status icons that is characterized as said traffic light is superimposed with a connectivity indicia that together can represent at least six operational states; dynamically updating said display of said operational state for each of said plurality of nodes; and generating a hierarchical list of objects available from a user selected one of said plurality of nodes. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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