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Customizable user interface for network navigation and management

  • US 6,040,834 A
  • Filed: 12/31/1996
  • Issued: 03/21/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A graphical user interface for network management comprising:

  • a repository of information pertaining to components which form a computer network and connections to those components;

    means for receiving a user selection of two or more of the components, which comprise less than all of the components whose information is stored in said repository; and

    means responsive to a user selection for displaying a topological map of the computer network comprising (a) only the selected components, (b) logical connections between the selected components, and (c) an indicator which identifies a relationship between each selected component and non-displayed components which are logically connected to the selected components.

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