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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1991
Richard A Becker, Watchung, NJ (US);
Stephen G Eick, Edison, NJ (US);
Eileen O Miller, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Allan R Wilks, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A computer is provided with the facility to display in map form, directed data associated with respective nodes. The operation of the mapping facility is initiated in response to the user entering an appropriate command. Specifically, responsive to the command, the computer displays a plurality of symbols representing respective ones of the nodes such that those symbols which exchange data are connected to one another by a displayed link formed from two half-line segments each indicative of the direction and level of data associated with its respective symbol. In addition, a plurality of tools are displayed for controlling the parameters used in the display of the symbols and links. For example, the user is provided with the capability to change the length of the half-line segments, and is provided with the capability to erase from the display those segments representing data values which are not within a range of data thresholds established by the user operating a threshold tool.