Graphic display of network performance information
First Claim
1. A graphic process for substantially simultaneously displaying on a computer display device variations in a plurality of communication network functions and comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing access to a plurality of communication network functions, each network function having a data value within a range of data values;
(b) dividing a display area into a plurality of display divisions;
(c) assigning each display division to a respective network function;
(d) scaling a variable graphic quality of each display division to said range of data values of said network function associated with said display division;
(e) without user interaction, periodically accessing each of said network functions to retrieve a respective current data value;
(f) displaying for each display division a respective variation of said graphic quality which corresponds to said current data value of the network function associated with said display division; and
(g) scaling a size of a display division to said range of data values.
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Abstract
A process for graphic display of network performance information includes querying a number of platforms serving communication network functions for performance data, scaling such data to a scale of colors, displaying hierarchically linked sets of graphic objects which are color coded to represent the performance of network functions with which they are associated. Graphic selection of an object can either cause immediate display of related numeric information or can cause the display of a lower level set of objects which may be color coded to performance indexes, conventional graphic renderings of data, or alphanumeric expressions of data. The process enables effective monitoring of a complex operation and expedites isolation of network problems.
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20 Claims
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1. A graphic process for substantially simultaneously displaying on a computer display device variations in a plurality of communication network functions and comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing access to a plurality of communication network functions, each network function having a data value within a range of data values; (b) dividing a display area into a plurality of display divisions; (c) assigning each display division to a respective network function; (d) scaling a variable graphic quality of each display division to said range of data values of said network function associated with said display division; (e) without user interaction, periodically accessing each of said network functions to retrieve a respective current data value; (f) displaying for each display division a respective variation of said graphic quality which corresponds to said current data value of the network function associated with said display division; and (g) scaling a size of a display division to said range of data values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A graphic process for substantially simultaneously displaying on a computer display device variations in a plurality of communication network functions and comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing access to a plurality of communication network functions, each network function having a data value within a range of data values; (b) dividing a rectangular display area into a plurality of display divisions; (c) assigning each display division to a respective network function; (d) for each network function, scaling a set of a plurality of colors to the range of data values of said network function; (e) without user intervention, periodically accessing each of said network functions to retrieve a respective current data value; (f) displaying for each display division a respective one of said colors which corresponds to said current data value of the network function associated with said display division; (g) linking at least one of said display divisions to additional information associated with said network function associated therewith; and (h) displaying said additional information in response to placement of a graphic cursor within said display division. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A graphic process for substantially simultaneously displaying on a computer display device variations in a plurality of communication network functions and comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing access to a plurality of communication network functions, each network function having a data value within a respective range of data values; (b) at least some of said network functions including a plurality of data members, each data member having a corresponding data member value within a respective range of data values; (c) dividing a rectangular display area into a plurality of rectangular display divisions; (d) assigning each display division to a respective network function; (e) dividing each display division associated with a plurality of data members into a plurality of rectangular display subdivisions representing the associated plurality of data members; (f) for each network function, scaling a color set of a plurality of colors to a range of data values of said network function; (g) displaying human readable indicia on each of said display divisions to thereby identify a network function associated with said division; (h) periodically accessing, without user interaction, each of said network functions to retrieve a respective current data value; (i) displaying for each display division and display subdivision a respective one of said colors which corresponds to the current data value of the network function associated with said display division or display subdivision; and (j) scaling a size of at least one display subdivision to a variable associated with a data member represented by said one display subdivision. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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