Multi-panel route monitoring graphical user interface, system and method

A method in a computer system for displaying network management information for a route on a network, the route having a plurality of paths between a first point and a second point, each path being comprised of a plurality of nodes and links, the method comprising:

• determining path and route information from collected device-level status and performance information from a network;
• computing parameters which characterize the state of each of a plurality of paths on a route;
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• graphically displaying in a route panel, a structure of the plurality of paths comprising the route and the state parameters of each of the plurality of paths as a function of time.

A method in a computer system for displaying network events information for a network, the method comprising:

• determining path and route information from collected device-level status and performance information from a network;
• computing parameters which characterize the state of each of a plurality of paths on a route as a function of time;
• displaying a timebar graphically representing time between a start time/date and an end time/date;
• displaying on the timebar, network event icons pictorially representing network events occurring in the network in connection with the plurality of paths, and whose location along the timebar visually communicates the time at which they are first detected.

A network management system comprising:

• a network management interface device operable to collect device-level status and performance information from a network;
• one or more processing devices operable to transform the device-level status and performance information into path and route information and to compute from the path and route information parameters which characterize the state of each of a plurality of paths on a route;
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• a graphical user interface for displaying the parameters of each of a plurality of paths graphically.