# US 11,114,066 B2 · Path display device and path display method

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- Number: US 11,114,066 B2
- Document ID: US11114066B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/978,308
- Filed: 2019-03-01
- Published: 2021-01-07
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-08
- Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Applicants: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Inventors: Yuichiro Ishizuka; Osamu Okino; Hiroyuki Oyanagi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11114066B2

## CPC

- H04L 41/22: comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
- G09G 5/36: characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory
- H04L 41/0893: Assignment of logical groups to network elements
- H04L 43/045: for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
- H04L 43/065: related to network devices
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)

## Abstract

The operability of path management performed in units of apparatuses subdivided by disaggregation is improved. A path display apparatus 1 which displays a path configured for a plurality of optical network apparatuses subdivided by disaggregation includes a storage unit 10 that stores configuration information 11 indicating a section of each of the optical network apparatuses; a grouping unit 21 that identifies a high-speed port of a route apparatus (DIR: Direction) which is the optical network apparatus, and determines a first group to which optical network apparatuses divided by the identified high-speed port belong, based on the configuration information 11; and a display control unit 22 that displays, on a screen, a symbol of each of the optical network apparatuses, a symbol of the section, and a symbol of the first group.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A path display apparatus for displaying a path configured for a plurality of optical network apparatuses subdivided by disaggregation, the path display apparatus comprising:
a storage unit configured to store configuration information indicating a connection relationship of each of the optical network apparatuses;
a grouping unit configured to identify a high-speed port of a route apparatus which is the optical network apparatus, and determine a group to which optical network apparatuses divided by the identified high-speed port belong, based on the configuration information; and
a display control unit configured to display, on a screen, a symbol of each of the optical network apparatuses, a symbol of the connection relationship, and a symbol of the group.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The path display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the grouping unit determines the group according to a grouping algorithm or an operation of an operator.

### Claim 3

A path display apparatus for displaying a path configured for a plurality of optical network apparatuses subdivided by disaggregation, the path display apparatus comprising:
a storage unit configured to store configuration information indicating a connection relationship of each of the optical network apparatuses;
a grouping unit configured to identify a route apparatus which is the optical network apparatus, and determine a group to which optical network apparatuses divided between the route apparatuses directly connected to each other belong, based on the configuration information; and
a display control unit configured to display, on a screen, a symbol of each of the optical network apparatuses, a symbol of the connection relationship, and a symbol of the group.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The path display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the grouping unit determines the group according to a grouping algorithm or an operation of an operator.

### Claim 5

A path display method at a path display apparatus for displaying a path configured for a plurality of optical network apparatuses subdivided by disaggregation, a storage unit of the path display apparatus storing configuration information, the configuration information indicating a connection relationship of each of the optical network apparatuses, the path display method comprising:
identifying, at the path display apparatus, a route apparatus which is the optical network apparatus, and determining a group to which optical network apparatuses divided between the route apparatuses directly connected to each other belong, based on the configuration information; and
displaying, on a screen, a symbol of each of the optical network apparatuses, a symbol of the connection relationship, and a symbol of the group.