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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
John Elderton, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald L. Heiney, Longmont, CO (US);
Kevin Thomas McDonald, Austin, TX (US);
Mike Moran, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph Laurence Saunders, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for displaying a network topology begins by presenting a user a set of attributes for network objects in the network. The user the selects a given attribute and an attribute value. A mapper routine of the invention then builds a topology map that includes at least one icon representing network objects that have the user-selected attribute value for the attribute. This “group” icon preferably includes a numeric, textual or graphical representation to indicate the number of objects (or perhaps some given characteristic thereof) represented by the group icon.