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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:
Mar. 31, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2011
Applicants:

Ali Ebtekar, Palo Alto, CA (US);

David Digirolamo, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Mark Shurtleff, Oakland, CA (US);

Rony Gotesdyner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ali Ebtekar, Palo Alto, CA (US);

David Digirolamo, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Mark Shurtleff, Oakland, CA (US);

Rony Gotesdyner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/6418 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving a first request for network management information, the first request identifying at least one of a user, a user device, or a user application; determining a first set of user information for a given user, the determination being based on the first request and data stored in a network database, identifying one or more interrelations in the first set of user information that represent logical connections within the first set of user information; creating a first information tree rooted at data representing a user location and organized according to the one or more interrelations, the first information tree being based on the first set of user information and being created in memory of a network management computer; and displaying, based on the first information tree, the one or more interrelations and the first set of user information, network management information for the user.


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