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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Reuven Battat, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Michael Her, St. James, NY (US);
Chandrasekha Sundaresh, Hicksville, NY (US);
Anders Vinberg, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sidney Wang, Nesconset, NY (US);
Reuven Battat, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Michael Her, St. James, NY (US);
Chandrasekha Sundaresh, Hicksville, NY (US);
Anders Vinberg, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sidney Wang, Nesconset, NY (US);
CA, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);
Abstract
A network management system allows a network administrator to intuitively manage all components of a heterogeneous networked computer system using views of any component or any set of components. These views are generated in a multi-dimensional, virtual reality environment. Navigation tools are provided that allow an operator to travel through the network hierarchy's representation in the virtual environment using an automatic flight mode. Automatic flight mode determines a reasonable trajectory to a network component that avoids collisions with intervening objects in the virtual environment. Since the system is capable of managing a world-wide network, city, building, subnet, segment, and computer, a view may also display internal hardware, firmware, and software of any network component. Views of network components may be filtered so only components pertaining to a specific business or other interest are displayed.