Network appliance management
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a plurality of network appliances in operable communication with the system, the system comprising:
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a processor in operable communication with the display and the plurality of network appliances, the processor being configured to generate a plurality of icons on the display associated with the plurality of network appliances, the plurality of network appliances being associated with a category, the plurality of icons arranged on the display in accordance with a characteristic associated with the plurality of network appliances, the processor being configured to generate a graphical element on the display in conjunction with the plurality of icons, to vary a visual appearance of the graphical element based upon information provided by the plurality of network appliances, and to substantially maintain a zoom level of the graphical element while varying the visual appearance of the graphical element.
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Abstract
A system for displaying data associated with network appliances includes icons arranged in a display area in accordance with a characteristic associated with the network appliances. This characteristic may be related to location, alarm state, sensor value, or others. Further, the icons may display visual indication associated with network appliance parameters. Moreover, the icons may be superimposed on a graphical element. This element may be a map, blueprint, image, or plot. Further, a set of historical data may be replayed through the display by altering the visual indications of the icons and the graphical element in accordance with a sequence of values contained in the historical data.
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46 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a plurality of network appliances in operable communication with the system, the system comprising:
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a display; and a processor in operable communication with the display and the plurality of network appliances, the processor being configured to generate a plurality of icons on the display associated with the plurality of network appliances, the plurality of network appliances being associated with a category, the plurality of icons arranged on the display in accordance with a characteristic associated with the plurality of network appliances, the processor being configured to generate a graphical element on the display in conjunction with the plurality of icons, to vary a visual appearance of the graphical element based upon information provided by the plurality of network appliances, and to substantially maintain a zoom level of the graphical element while varying the visual appearance of the graphical element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for displaying data associated with network appliances, the method comprising:
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arranging a plurality of icons in a display area, the plurality of icons being associated with a plurality of network appliances, the plurality of network appliances being associated with a category, the plurality of icons being arranged in the display area in accordance with a characteristic associated with the plurality of network appliances; rendering a graphical element in the display area at a first time, the plurality of icons being displayed in the display area in conjunction with the graphical element, the graphical element having a first visual appearance; and updating the graphical element to have a second visual appearance, wherein a zoom level of the graphical element remains substantially constant. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for displaying data associated with a plurality of network appliances, the data comprising a plurality of time sequenced values, each of the plurality of time sequenced values being associated with at least one time, the method comprising:
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arranging a plurality of icons in a display area, the plurality of icons being associated with the plurality of network appliances, the plurality of network appliances being associated with a category, the plurality of icons being arranged in the display area in accordance with a characteristic associated with the plurality of network appliances; rendering a graphical element in the display area at a first time, the plurality of icons being displayed in the display area in conjunction with the graphical element, the graphical element having a first visual appearance associated with the first time; and rendering the graphical element in the display area at a second time, the plurality of icons being displayed in conjunction with the graphical element, the graphical element having a second visual appearance associated with the subsequent time that differs from the first visual appearance, wherein a zoom level of the first visual appearance is substantially equal to a zoom level of the second visual appearance. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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