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Copy-and-paste functionality for network reconfiguration

  • US 8,650,500 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2004
  • Issued: 02/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network system comprising:

  • a network having network objects including a source network object and a target network object;

    a display for displayinga source graphical object representing said source network object in a first configuration,a target graphical object representing said target network object in a second configuration, andin response to a user initiated copy-and-paste operation in which said source graphical object is the source for a copy portion of said copy-and-paste operation and in which said target graphical object is the target to which a paste portion of said copy-and-paste operation is applied, displaying said target graphical object so that it represents said target network object in a third configuration resulting from applying said first configuration to said target network object in said second configuration;

    a comparison function, said source network object having a source output, said target network object having a target output, said display, in response to said copy-and-paste operation, representing potential connections between said comparison function and said source output and between said comparison function and said target output; and

    implementation means for implementing said third configuration on said target network object.

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