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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Allan Thomson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bay Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395342 ; 395340 ; 395969 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for aiding in providing views of multiple network devices in a network management application. The method can include the resizing of an view to allow for presentation of multiple views. The method includes the steps of displaying a first image of a network device in a first size; selecting a second size, the second size being different than the first size; and displaying a second image of said network device in a second size.