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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2006
Applicants:

Shigang Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Branimir Liker, San Jose, CA (US);

Partha Bhattacharya, Cupertino, CA (US);

Imin Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shigang Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Branimir Liker, San Jose, CA (US);

Partha Bhattacharya, Cupertino, CA (US);

Imin Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method is disclosed for creating a network topograph that includes all select objects that are in a network. A set of one or more non-select objects in the network is determined. A network topograph is created. Each select object in the network is included in the network topograph. Elements of the set are collectively represented as a single non-select object.


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