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Apparatus and method for automating the diagramming of virtual local area networks

  • US 7,703,018 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2003
  • Issued: 04/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer controlled method, comprising:

  • accessing, by a computer, a plurality of available virtual local area networks, a plurality of configured virtual local area network groups, a plurality of available primary devices, and a plurality of available related devices;

    displaying, by the computer, a plurality of graphical user interfaces to obtain a plurality of user inputs defining a plurality of configured virtual local area networks, a plurality of configured virtual local area network groups, a plurality of configured primary devices and a plurality of configured related devices;

    responsive to receiving the plurality of user inputs, creating a plurality of automatically generated instructions, and sending the plurality of automatically generated instructions to a separate and independent drawing program in order to cause the separate and independent drawing program to create and to print a diagram of the plurality of configured primary devices and the plurality of configured related devices wherein a connectivity for each configured primary device and each configured related device is defined by a virtual local area network group identification created as part of the user input; and

    wherein the separate and independent drawing program creates and prints the diagram of the network solution in response to the plurality of automatically generated instructions.

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