# US 2026/0086701 A1 · User interface with independently scrolling layers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0086701 A1 - Document ID: US20260086701A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/053,200 - Filed: 2025-02-13 - Published: 2026-03-26 - Earliest claimed: 2024-09-25 - Assignees: Juniper Networks, Inc. - Applicants: Juniper Networks, Inc. - Inventors: Jomana Sherif Gogna; Rebecca Rose Kelleher; Mansi Joshi; Rasika Subramanian; Atul S. Moghe; Prasad Miriyala - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260086701A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - H04L 41/044: comprising hierarchical management structures - H04L 41/12: Discovery or management of network topologies - H04L 41/22: comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI] - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A user interface as described herein provides improved visibility of the network topology of a network, including for complex and large-scale networks. In one example, a computing system outputs, for display at a display device, a user interface comprising an arrangement of icons into layers. Each icon of the icons corresponds to a network element of network elements of a network system, and each layer of the layers corresponding to a topological layer of the network system. Based at least in part on an indication of user input, the system modifies the arrangement by performing a geometric translation of first icons of the icons arranged into one or more first layers of the layers, without performing a geometric translation of second icons arranged into one or more second layers of the layers. The system outputs, for display at the display device, the user interface comprising the modified representation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computing system comprising processing circuitry having access to a memory, the processing circuitry configured to: output, for display at a display device, a user interface comprising an arrangement of icons into layers, wherein each icon of the icons corresponds to a network element of network elements of a network system, and wherein each of the layers corresponds to a topological layer of topological layers of the network elements within the network system; based at least in part on an indication of user input, modify the arrangement of icons by performing a geometric translation of first icons of the icons arranged into one or more first layers of the layers without performing a geometric translation of second icons arranged into one or more second layers of the layers; and output, for display at the display device, the user interface comprising the modified arrangement of icons. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the layers comprise horizontal layers, and wherein, to perform the geometric translation of the first icons, the processing circuitry is configured to perform a horizontal geometric translation of the first icons without performing a horizontal geometric translation of the second icons. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the layers comprise vertical layers, and wherein, to perform the geometric translation of the first icons, the processing circuitry is configured to perform a vertical geometric translation of the first icons without performing a vertical geometric translation of the second icons. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the user interface further includes one or more lines interconnecting one or more icons of the first icons arranged into the one or more first layers and one or more icons of the second icons arranged into the one or more second layers, the one or more lines corresponding to logical connections between corresponding network elements of the network elements within the network system, and wherein, to perform the geometric translation of the first icons, the processing circuitry is configured to adjust the one or more lines to maintain the interconnection between the one or more icons of the first icons and the one or more icons of the second icons. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the topological layers of the network elements of the network system comprise: a spine layer that includes one or more spine network devices of the network elements; a leaf layer that includes one or more leaf network devices of the network elements; a host layer that includes one or more host computing devices of the network elements; and a virtualization layer that includes one or more client applications or services of the network elements. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the layers into which the icons are arranged comprise one or more of: a first layer comprising one or more first icons corresponding to one or more spine network devices of a spine layer of the topological layers; a second layer comprising one or more second icons corresponding to one or more leaf network devices of a leaf layer of the topological layers; a third layer comprising one or more third icons corresponding to one or more host computing devices of a host layer of the topological layers; and a fourth layer comprising one or more fourth icons corresponding to one or more client applications or services of a virtualization layer of the topological layers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a portion that is viewable to the user, and wherein the first icons comprise a first subset of the first icons within the portion that is viewable to the user and a second subset of the first icons not within the portion that is viewable to the user, and wherein, to perform the geometric translation of the first icons, the processing circuitry is configured to: remove at least a first icon of the first subset of the first icons from the first portion that is viewable to the user; and add at least a second icon of the second subset of the first icons to the first portion that is viewable to the user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises an indication to pin a position of the second icons arranged into the one or more second layers, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform the geometric translation of the first icons arranged into the one or more first layers without performing the geometric translation of the second icons arranged into the one or more second layers based at least in part on the indication to pin the position of the second icons arranged into the one or more second layers. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises one or more of: a “click-and-drag” movement performed via an input device; a selection of a scroll icon provided by the user interface; or a directional input performed via the input device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein each icon of the icons corresponds to a plurality of network elements of the network elements, the icon depicting a count of the plurality of network elements to which the icon corresponds. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein each icon of the icons depicts a count of alert messages for the corresponding network element of the network elements. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein, to output the user interface, the processing circuitry is configured to generate a web page comprising the user interface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the network system comprises a data center. ### Claim 14 A method comprising: outputting, by processing circuitry of a computing system, for display at a display device, a user interface comprising an arrangement of icons into layers, wherein each icon of the icons corresponds to a network element of network elements of a network system, and wherein each of the layers corresponds to a topological layer of topological layers of the network elements within the network system; based at least in part on an indication of user input, modifying, by the processing circuitry, the arrangement of icons by performing a geometric translation of first icons of the icons arranged into one or more first layers of the layers without performing a geometric translation of second icons arranged into one or more second layers of the layers; and outputting, by the processing circuitry and for display at the display device, the user interface comprising the modified arrangement of icons. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the layers comprise horizontal layers, and wherein performing the geometric translation of the first icons comprises performing a horizontal geometric translation of the first icons without performing a horizontal geometric translation of the second icons. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the layers comprise vertical layers, and wherein performing the geometric translation of the first icons comprises performing a vertical geometric translation of the first icons without performing a vertical geometric translation of the second icons. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the user interface further includes one or more lines interconnecting one or more icons of the first icons arranged into the one or more first layers and one or more icons of the second icons arranged into the one or more second layers, the one or more lines corresponding to logical connections between corresponding network elements of the network elements within the network system, and wherein performing the geometric translation of the first icons comprises adjusting the one or more lines to maintain the interconnection between the one or more icons of the first icons and the one or more icons of the second icons. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the layers into which the icons are arranged comprise one or more of: a first layer comprising one or more first icons corresponding to one or more spine network devices of a spine layer of the topological layers; a second layer comprising one or more second icons corresponding to one or more leaf network devices of a leaf layer of the topological layers; a third layer comprising one or more third icons corresponding to one or more host computing devices of a host layer of the topological layers; and a fourth layer comprising one or more fourth icons corresponding to one or more client applications or services of a virtualization layer of the topological layers. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the user input comprises an indication to pin a position of the second icons arranged into the one or more second layers, and wherein performing the geometric translation of the first icons arranged into the one or more first layers without performing the geometric translation of the second icons arranged into the one or more second layers is based at least in part on the indication to pin the position of the second icons arranged into the one or more second layers. ### Claim 20 Non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed, cause processing circuitry to: output, for display at a display device, a user interface comprising an arrangement of icons into layers, wherein each icon of the icons corresponds to a network element of network elements of a network system, and wherein each of the layers corresponds to a topological layer of topological layers of the network elements within the network system; based at least in part on an indication of user input, modify the arrangement of icons by performing a geometric translation of first icons of the icons arranged into one or more first layers of the layers without performing a geometric translation of second icons arranged into one or more second layers of the layers; and output, for display at the display device, the user interface comprising the modified arrangement of icons.