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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2005
Brig Barnum Elliott, Arlington, MA (US);
Brig Barnum Elliott, Arlington, MA (US);
Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to network management using visual identifiers. In one of many possible embodiments, a network management system includes a visual identifier device located visibly proximate to a network device. The visual identifier device includes a set of visual identifiers and a selector mechanism configured to be manipulated to select at least one of the visual identifiers to be assigned to the network device. The network management system also includes a display device configured to display a visual representation of said selected visual identifier.