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Filtering system and method for high performance network management map

  • US 5,787,252 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1995
  • Issued: 07/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A management system for efficiently discovering and displaying devices and interconnections of a network, comprising:

  • a processor;

    a memory;

    a display;

    an interface interconnecting said processor, said memory, and said display and capable of connecting to said network;

    a discovery mechanism stored in said memory for driving said processor, said discovery mechanism configured to discover and store topology data indicative of said devices and said interconnections of said network;

    a layout mechanism stored in said memory for driving said processor, said layout mechanism configured to receive said topology data from said discovery mechanism, said layout mechanism configured to drive said display based upon said topology data; and

    a filtering system stored in said memory for driving said processor, said filtering system configured to filter objects within said topology data that pass from said discovery mechanism to said layout mechanism.

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