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Customizable user interface for network navigation and management

  • US 6,225,999 B1
  • Filed: 11/10/1999
  • Issued: 05/01/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of displaying a graphical representation of selected logical connections of components of a computer network in a network management system that includes stored information pertaining to the components that form the computer network and the logical connections among the components, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a selection of at least two individual components from among all the components, which comprise less than all the components for which information is stored in the repository; and

    displaying a graphical representation of the topology of the computer network that comprises only the selected components, logical connections between only the selected components, and an indicator that identifies a relationship between each selected component and non-displayed components that are logically connected to the selected components.

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