System and method for mapping deployment status of high bandwidth metropolitan area networks
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1. A method for maintaining and graphically displaying information regarding the geographic location of telecommunications cable in a metropolitan area, the method comprising:
- receiving geographic information in a computer readable form sufficient to generate an electronic map of the metropolitan area;
receiving vendor information in a computer readable form for at least one vendor who owns telecommunication cable in the metropolitan area, the vendor information comprising;
the location of telecommunications cable in the metropolitan area;
the owner of the telecommunications cable;
the locations of nodes associated with the telecommunications cable; and
the type of nodes associated with the telecommunication cable;
providing a graphical user interface permitting the user to select at least one vendor from the at least one vendors who owns telecommunications cable in the metropolitan area;
receiving user input selecting at least one of the vendors who own telecommunications cable in the metropolitan area;
generating a display layer graphically illustrating the metropolitan area;
generating display layers graphically illustrating the vendor information for the telecommunications cable of each of the vendors selected by the user;
displaying the display layer graphically illustrating the metropolitan area and the display layers graphically illustrating the vendor information for the telecommunications cable of each of the at least one vendors selected by the user;
receiving user input selecting a high bandwidth telecommunications cable displayed over the map of the selected metropolitan area;
receiving user input defining a buffer zone extending from the selected high bandwidth telecommunications cable based upon the linear distance from the selected high bandwidth telecommunications cable;
displaying the buffer zone defined by the user over the map of the selected metropolitan area;
receiving a user query regarding the contents of the buffer zone defined by the user;
searching the electronic map of the metropolitan area and the electronic maps of the metropolitan area and the electronic maps of the high bandwidth telecommunications cable to answer the user query; and
displaying the answer to the user query.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for maintaining and displaying information regarding high bandwidth telecommunication cables in metropolitan areas. The present invention allows a user to select a metropolitan area for display. The user may thereafter select one or more vendors who own high bandwidth telecommunication cables in the selected metropolitan area. A user may control the prominence of displayed cables by designating selected vendors in a prioritized list.
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1. A method for maintaining and graphically displaying information regarding the geographic location of telecommunications cable in a metropolitan area, the method comprising:
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receiving geographic information in a computer readable form sufficient to generate an electronic map of the metropolitan area; receiving vendor information in a computer readable form for at least one vendor who owns telecommunication cable in the metropolitan area, the vendor information comprising; the location of telecommunications cable in the metropolitan area; the owner of the telecommunications cable; the locations of nodes associated with the telecommunications cable; and the type of nodes associated with the telecommunication cable; providing a graphical user interface permitting the user to select at least one vendor from the at least one vendors who owns telecommunications cable in the metropolitan area; receiving user input selecting at least one of the vendors who own telecommunications cable in the metropolitan area; generating a display layer graphically illustrating the metropolitan area; generating display layers graphically illustrating the vendor information for the telecommunications cable of each of the vendors selected by the user; displaying the display layer graphically illustrating the metropolitan area and the display layers graphically illustrating the vendor information for the telecommunications cable of each of the at least one vendors selected by the user; receiving user input selecting a high bandwidth telecommunications cable displayed over the map of the selected metropolitan area; receiving user input defining a buffer zone extending from the selected high bandwidth telecommunications cable based upon the linear distance from the selected high bandwidth telecommunications cable; displaying the buffer zone defined by the user over the map of the selected metropolitan area; receiving a user query regarding the contents of the buffer zone defined by the user; searching the electronic map of the metropolitan area and the electronic maps of the metropolitan area and the electronic maps of the high bandwidth telecommunications cable to answer the user query; and displaying the answer to the user query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for storing and graphically displaying information regarding a metropolitan area high bandwidth telecommunications network, the method comprising;
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establishing computer maps of a plurality of metropolitan areas; establishing a computer map of the high bandwidth telecommunications cable owned by individual vendors in each of the plurality of metropolitan areas, the maps of the high bandwidth telecommunications cable comprising; the geographical location of the high bandwidth telecommunications cable owned by that vendor in the metropolitan area; and the geographical locations of nodes associated with the high bandwidth telecommunications cable owned by that vendor in the metropolitan area; displaying a list of the plurality of metropolitan areas; receiving user input selecting one of the plurality of metropolitan areas; displaying a list of vendors who own high bandwidth telecommunications cable in the selected metropolitan area; receiving user input selecting at least one vendor from the list of vendors who own high bandwidth telecommunications cable in the selected metropolitan area; displaying the electronic map of the selected metropolitan area; and displaying the electronic maps of the high bandwidth telecommunications cable owned by the selected vendors over the map of the selected metropolitan area; receiving user input selecting a high bandwidth telecommunications cable displayed over the map of the selected metropolitan area; receiving user input defining a buffer zone extending from the selected high bandwidth telecommunications cable based upon the linear distance from the selected high bandwidth telecommunications cable; displaying the buffer zone defined by the user over the map of the selected metropolitan area; receiving a user query regarding the contents of the buffer zone defined by the user; searching the electronic map of the metropolitan area and the electronic maps of the metropolitan area and the electronic maps of the high bandwidth telecommunications cable to answer the user query; and displaying the answer to the user query. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable medium containing computer-readable code embodied thereon for causing a computer to perform a method of maintaining and displaying information regarding the geographical location of high bandwidth telecommunication cable and its associated nodes within a metropolitan area, the method comprising:
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receiving and storing electronic information for mapping a plurality of metropolitan areas; receiving and storing vendor information for each of the plurality of metropolitan areas, the vendor information comprising; the identity of the vendor; the location of the high bandwidth telecommunications cable owned by the vendor in each of the plurality of metropolitan areas; the location of nodes associated with the high bandwidth telecommunications cable owned by the vendor; and the type of each node; providing a graphical user interface to display information to a user and to receive input from a user; displaying a list of the plurality of metropolitan areas; receiving user input selecting a metropolitan area; displaying a geographical map of the selected metropolitan area; displaying a list of the vendors who own high bandwidth telecommunications cable in the selected metropolitan area; receiving user input selecting at least one vendor from the list of vendors who own high bandwidth telecommunications cable in the selected metropolitan area; displaying the location of the high bandwidth telecommunications cable owned by the selected vendors over the geographical map of the selected metropolitan area; receiving a user input selecting a high bandwidth cable from those displayed over the display of the geographical map of the selected metropolitan area; receiving a user input defining a buffer region extending a user defined distance from the selected cable; displaying a graphical representation of the buffer region over the display of the geographical map of the metropolitan area; receiving user input querying as to the contents of the buffer region; and displaying the results of the user query. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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