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Method for displaying supersets of node groups in a network

  • US 6,952,208 B1
  • Filed: 06/22/2001
  • Issued: 10/04/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of displaying nodes within a network topology, the method using a processor coupled to a display screen, the method comprising:

  • forming a first layer of a multi-layer representation wherein at least two nodes are represented separately;

    grouping the nodes of the first layer into group nodes to form a second layer in the multi-layer representation;

    grouping the group nodes of the second layer into a third layer, the third layer having at least one connected-superset node containing group nodes with nodes communicatively connected to each other, and at least one isolated-superset node containing group nodes having nodes not communicatively connected to each other or to the nodes of the connected-superset node; and

    displaying the superset nodes in the layer so the connected-superset node is separate from the isolated-superset node to show a lack of connection and such that the connected-superset node is selectively expandable to display group nodes and connections between the nodes, and the isolated-superset node is selectively expandable to display group nodes of the second layer.

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