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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2005
Robert Mollitor, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert Mollitor, Rockville, MD (US);
Riverbed Technology, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A network difference reporting method and system categorizes the differences between two networks, and provides an output report structured by these categories. The preferred categories include objects common to both networks that have different attributes; objects found only in the first network; objects found only in the second network; and objects common to both networks that have similar attributes. A user-interface is provided to allow a user to identify objects or attributes that are to be included or excluded from the identified differences. Preferably, the output reports includes a graphic display of differences that uses the same hierarchical object attribute structure as the networks, to facilitate a rapid understanding of the reported differences between the networks.