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US 11,689,430 B2Granted
Dataview drilldown menu
AssigneeNetBrain Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLingping Gao, Guangdong Liao, Yong Zhao, Meng Yang, Xinfeng Xia, Junjie Yuan, Guicai Cui, Long Zeng
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for network management automation. The GUI is a data view that provides functionality for monitoring and controlling devices in a network using a drilldown menu.
Claims20
A method for network management comprising:
- displaying a map of network devices and connections between the network devices;
- associating one or more of the network devices with one or more device drill-down actions;
- associating one or more of the connections with one or more connection drill-down actions;
- displaying, for each of the one or more device drill-down actions, a first drill-down pane including each of the one or more device drill-down actions, wherein the first drill-down pane is displayed on the map at a location adjacent to the associated one or more network devices;
- displaying, for each of the one or more connection drill-down actions, a second drill-down pane including each of the one or more connection drill-down actions, wherein the second drill-down pane is displayed on the map at a location adjacent to the associated one or more connections;
- receiving, from the first drill-down pane, a selection of one of the displayed device drill-down actions for the one or more network devices associated with the selected drill-down action when displayed and associated with the one or more of the network devices;
- receiving, from the second drill-down pane, a selection of one of the displayed connection drill-down actions for the one or more connections associated with the selected drill-down action when displayed and associated with the one or more of the connections;
- implementing a function provided by the selected device drill-down action that corresponds with the associated one or more network devices when the selected drill-down action is adjacent to the associated one or more network devices;
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- implementing a function provided by the selected connection drill-down action that corresponds with the associated one or more connections when the selected drill-down action is adjacent to the associated one or more connections.
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A method comprising:
- mapping one or more network devices and connections between those network devices;
- providing an interface for generating a data view template that includes pre-defined drill-down actions wherein some of the pre-defined drill-down actions are device drill-down actions associated with the one or more network devices displayed on a first drill-down pane adjacent the one or more network devices and wherein some of the pre-defined drill-down actions are connection drill-down actions associated with the connections between those network devices and displayed on a second drill-down pane adjacent the connections;
- receiving a selection from among the network devices or connections upon which to apply the pre-defined drill-down action that is associated with the selection, wherein the selection comprises any subset of the one or more network devices and the connections between those network devices, further wherein an action performed based on the selection applies to each of the one or more network devices and the connections in the subset;
- applying the data view template to the mapping;
- modifying the mapping to display the device drill-down actions for the one or more network devices on the first drill-down pane;
- modifying the mapping to display the connection drill-down actions for the connections on the second drill-down pane;
- receiving a selection from the device drill-down actions for performing an action for one of the network devices corresponding to the selected device drill-down action;
- implementing a function provided by the selection from the device drill-down actions that corresponds with the associated one or more network devices when the selected drill-down action is adjacent to the associated one or more network devices;
- receiving a selection from the connection drill-down actions for performing an action for one of the connections corresponding to the selected connection drill-down action;
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- implementing a function provided by the selection from the connection drill-down action that corresponds with the associated one or more connections when the selected drill-down action is adjacent to the associated one or more connections.
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A graphical user interface comprising:
- a map displaying network devices and interfaces between the network devices;
- a data view template that includes a selection of device drill-down actions associated with one or more of the network devices and a selection of interface drill-down actions associated with one or more of the interfaces between the network devices, wherein the selection associated with the one or more network devices comprises selecting the one or more network devices, and wherein the selection associated with the interfaces between those network devices comprises selecting the interfaces between those network devices;
- a display of a first drill-down pane with the device drill-down actions adjacent the associated one or more of the network devices, wherein the display of each of the device drill-down actions provides recommended actions for an end user that apply to the associated one or more of the network devices for the first drill-down pane;
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- a display of a second drill-down pane with the interface drill-down actions adjacent the associated one or more of the interfaces, wherein the display of each of the interface drill-down actions provides recommended actions for the end user that apply to the associated one or more of the interfaces between the network devices for the second drill-down pane;
- wherein the display of the drill-down actions in either the first drill-down pane or the second drill-down pane is configured to receive a customization of the device or interface drill-down action, wherein the display of the first drill-down pane and the second drill-down pane includes the customization;
- wherein application of the recommended actions provides further information displayed on the map about the associated one or more of the network devices for the device drill-down actions or the associated one or more of the interfaces between the network devices for the interface drill-down actions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.