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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2001
Vij Rajarajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Kishnan Nedungadi, Rio De Janeiro, BR;
Brijesh Bhatia, Redmond, WA (US);
Casey Kiernan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mel Macmahon, Kirkland, WA (US);
Anandha Ganesan, Kirkland, WA (US);
James Johnston, Redmond, WA (US);
Lauren Gallagher, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin Hodge, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tom Martino, Everett, WA (US);
Cary Rohwer, Duvall, WA (US);
Andrew Hayes, Seattle, WA (US);
Annette B. Hall, Bellevue, WA (US);
Audrius Zimnickas, Vilnius, LT;
Vij Rajarajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Kishnan Nedungadi, Rio De Janeiro, BR;
Brijesh Bhatia, Redmond, WA (US);
Casey Kiernan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mel MacMahon, Kirkland, WA (US);
Anandha Ganesan, Kirkland, WA (US);
James Johnston, Redmond, WA (US);
Lauren Gallagher, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin Hodge, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tom Martino, Everett, WA (US);
Cary Rohwer, Duvall, WA (US);
Andrew Hayes, Seattle, WA (US);
Annette B. Hall, Bellevue, WA (US);
Audrius Zimnickas, Vilnius, LT;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for displaying information related to a plurality of resources in a network environment. The system uses web technology to receive and store information related to back-end resources and to provide a framework by which client computer systems can manage the plurality of back-end resources in a uniform manner. In accordance with one method, a request is received to display object information from different network resources. In response, attribute and task information is retrieved from the appropriate different network resources and this information is displayed. A graphical user interface (GUI) displays information related to network resource objects. The GUI includes a console displaying a tool zone and a work zone. A module is displayed in the work zone having an object zone displaying a list of objects and a task zone displaying a list of tasks.