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Reconfigurable network map display system

  • US 5,831,618 A
  • Filed: 02/28/1997
  • Issued: 11/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A network map display system comprising:

  • a display unit;

    a storage means for storing a plurality of hierarchically layered tables each including a plurality of entries, each entry containing a symbol, location data of a symbol of a telecommunications network item to be displayed in said display unit, and an identifier specifying a lower layer table;

    a pointing device for selecting a symbol of a upper layer table currently displayed in said display unit;

    a keyboard;

    relocation processor means responsive to a command signal from said keyboard for detecting an entry of said upper layer table containing the selected symbol, reading information from all entries of a lower layer table specified by said entry of the upper layer table, securing a space in said display unit surrounding said selected symbol according to location data of said read information, and storing the read information into said entry of the upper layer table; and

    display processor means for displaying, in said secured space, a plurality of symbols contained in the information stored in said entry of the upper layer table.

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