Method and apparatus for monitoring a network
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsChristopher Paul Douglas, Chia-Chu Dorland
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Abstract
In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a method for monitoring a content delivery network includes obtaining data from devices within the network, organizing the data into hierarchically accessible tiers, and displaying at least part of the data at one of the hierarchal tiers, wherein the hierarchical tiers include a) a site tier including a map comprising ones of the devices that are potential content sources in the network, b) a service tier including a map comprising content-based relationships between the devices, and c) an operations tier including a map comprising characteristics of the devices and characteristics of relationships between the devices and content in the network.
Claims30
A method for monitoring a content delivery network, comprising:
- obtaining data from devices within the network;
- organizing the data into hierarchically accessible tiers;
- and
- displaying at least part of the data at one of the hierarchically accessible tiers;
- wherein
- the hierarchically accessible tiers include
- a) a site tier including a map of those devices that are potential content sources in the network;
- b) a service tier including a map of content-based relationships among the content sources;
- and
- c) an operations tier including a map of characteristics of the content sources and characteristics of relationships between the content sources and content in the network.
A system for monitoring a content delivery network, comprising:
- a computer configured to obtain data from devices within the network, and organize the data into hierarchically accessible tiers;
- and
- a display for displaying at least part of the data at one of the hierarchically accessible tiers, wherein the hierarchically accessible tiers include
- a) a site tier map of those devices that are potential content sources in the network;
- b) a service tier map of content-based relationships among the content sources;
- and
- c) an operations tier map of characteristics of the content sources and characteristics of relationships between the content sources and content in the network;
- wherein the computer is configured to provide the organized data to the display.
A system for monitoring a content delivery network, comprising:
- means for obtaining data from devices within the network;
- means for organizing the data into hierarchically accessible tiers;
- and
- means for displaying at least part of the data at one of the hierarchically accessible tiers;
- wherein
- the hierarchically accessible tiers include
- a) a site tier including a map of those devices that are potential content sources in the network;
- b) a service tier including a map of content-based relationships among the content sources;
- and
- c) an operations tier including a map of characteristics of the content sources and characteristics of relationships between the content sources and content in the network.
A machine readable medium comprising a computer program for causing a computer to:
- obtain data from devices within a network;
- organize the data into hierarchically accessible tiers;
- and
- display at least part of the data at one of the hierarchically accessible tiers;
- wherein
- the hierarchically accessible tiers include
- a) a site tier including a map of those devices that are potential content sources in the network;
- b) a service tier including a map of content-based relationships among the content sources;
- and
- c) an operations tier including a map of characteristics of the content sources and characteristics of relationships between the content sources and content in the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.