Network system, element thereof and network visualization method

A computer constituting a node on a network on which a management information file representing links between a plurality of nodes is stored, wherein a first computer stores, into a predetermined memory area on the network, digital information pieces generated on the first computer and sends the stored digital information pieces to the network in response to a request from another computer, the computer comprising:

• a request issuing unit adapted to issue the request for the first computer;
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• a visualization unit which obtains from the network the digital information pieces sent by the first computer and the management information file and visualizes the obtained digital information pieces in a view particular thereto, wherein the visualization is carried out on the basis of relations between the own node and the node of the first computer which stores the obtained digital information pieces, wherein the relations are identified by the use of the management information file.

A computer program causing a computer constituting a node on a network on which a management information file representing links between a plurality of nodes is stored, wherein a first computer stores, into a predetermined memory area on the network, digital information pieces generated on the first computer and sends the stored digital information pieces to the network in response to a request from another computer, the computer comprising:

• a request issuing unit adapted to issue the request for the first computer;
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• a visualization unit which obtains from the network the digital information pieces sent by the first computer and the management information file and visualizes the obtained digital information pieces in a view particular thereto, wherein the visualization is carried out on the basis of relations between the own node and the node of the first computer which stores the obtained digital information pieces, wherein the relations are identified by the use of the management information file.

A network visualization method carried out by a network system, which comprises computers constituting a plurality of nodes on a network, wherein, on the at least one of the computers, a management information file representing links between nodes is stored, the method comprising:

• a step, wherein each of the computers of the nodes stores, into a predetermined memory area on the network, digital information pieces generated on the computer and sends the stored digital information pieces to the network in response to a request from another computer;
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• a step, wherein the computer which issued the request obtains from the network the digital information pieces sent by the communication controller and the management information file and visualizes the obtained digital information pieces in a view particular thereto, wherein the visualization is carried out on the basis of relations between a node of the computer which issued the request and the node of the computer which stores the obtained digital information pieces, wherein the relations are identified by the use of the management information file.