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Method to display information representing network traffic on a computer display monitor

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  • US 6,584,501 B1
  • Filed: 02/03/1999
  • Issued: 06/24/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A user interface of a computer system for analyzing network traffic in a computer network having a plurality of nodes, the user interface comprising:

  • a time axis listing a plurality of times; and

    a plurality of thread graphics, each thread graphic associated with a thread comprising a group of packets transmitted between two nodes, each packet having a time, each thread graphic extending from a position representing a first time of a first packet in the associated thread to a position representing a second time of a last packet in the associated thread, wherein a first thread graphic of a plurality of thread graphics represents a first group of packets that form a first discrete transaction between the two nodes and wherein the first discrete transaction is a first application-level communication between the two nodes.

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