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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Mahesh Subramanian, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Muthu, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mahesh Subramanian, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Muthu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F003/14 ; G06F015/177 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A user interface for managing connections across multiple cross connects of a communication network. The user interface provides for creating, viewing and removing connections in the cross connect. The user interface displays the relative position of cross connects along the communication network. Time slots for communicating ports are adjacently displayed so that mis-configured connections may be easily recognized.