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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185824 | Method and apparatus providing a graphical user interface for representing and navigating hierarchical networks A method and apparatus are provided which present hierarchical data to a user via a graphical user interface. In the interface, hierarchical data is represented by nodes, beginning with one or more top nodes and extending into lower hierarchical levels by the displa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171413 | System and method for displaying information about subnets An interface for a database. The database contains information about subnets in a large network, such as the Internet. The interface displays the information in a hierarchical fashion. However, because all subnets cannot be displayed on a display at once, some subne... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166403 | Network management system and network management method A network management system which is capable of easily identifying devices, and enhancing the operability of a device management application used by a manager. The network management system includes devices, and a server connected to the devices via a network. The s... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8132095 | Auditing a website with page scanning and rendering techniques An automated website analysis system includes mechanisms for automatically reviewing a website and identifying various features of the website. In one implementation, the analysis system can rely at least in part on the actual downloading and rendering of each page ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122359 | Apparatus, system, and method for topological display of user interface elements An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for topological display of user interface elements. An input/output module receives the selection of a UIE. A topology display module displays a topology view of the selected UIE and a child UIE of the selected UIE. A r... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8091029 | Presenter-only meeting canvas for collaborative electronic meeting space A collaborative electronic meeting environment is described that provides an additional presentation canvas to the active meeting canvas that is only accessible by meeting presenters. Using this presentation canvas, additional meeting objects may be established by t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8037415 | Systems, methods, and computer readable media for managing a hosts file A hosts file manager is provided that displays a user interface with a list of selectable server groups. The list may comprise, for example, identifications server groups. Each server group corresponds to an IP address, and the hosts file manager has access to such ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032833 | Home network device information architecture A method and system for providing a user interface for a user to discover and control devices that are currently connected to a network, such that at least one of the devices performs steps, by: (a) obtaining information from one or more of the devices currently con... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8006187 | Checkpoint sequence fallout metrics management during path analysis Tools and techniques are provided for interactive fallout analysis. Checkpoints, such as web pages visited, are defined through user input. As the second and subsequent checkpoints are added, fallout metrics are automatically calculated and displayed for the checkpo... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001475 | Method and apparatus for creating a network topograph that includes all select objects that are in a network A method is disclosed for creating a network topograph that includes all select objects that are in a network. A set of one or more non-select objects in the network is determined. A network topograph is created. Each select object in the network is included in the ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7975228 | Synchronizing graphical programs executing on respective computer systems A first graphical program executing on a first device may execute a first graphical code portion for a plurality of iteration. Various systems and methods for synchronizing the execution of the iterations of the first graphical code portion with graphical code porti... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7917854 | Telecommunications network administration graphical user interface This invention provides an improved graphical user interface (GUI) for telecommunications network administration. The GUI allows a network administrator to maintain an association between a link bundle and the contents of that link bundle by displaying a network top... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7904816 | Information processing apparatus, method of controlling same, program and storage medium In a case where a plurality of service providing devices having different capabilities are operated in association and a service providing device is utilized, operability when setting functions is improved for the user. Provided is an information processing apparatu... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7853880 | Displaying network properties in a graphical user interface Network information can be represented by displaying one or more graphical components representing network entities in a first portion of a graphical user interface. An embedded browser is provided in a second portion of the graphical user interface. A selection of ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853881 | Multi-user on-line real-time virtual social networks based upon communities of interest for entertainment, information or e-commerce purposes In a multi-user online real-time network in which users access content associated with a plurality of social networks related by common communities of interest, an interactor client application is embedded in content pages accessed by a user, and the user is provide... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7849407 | Content distribution service This disclosure describes content distribution circuitry that supports content distribution between one or more users. The disclosure describes a system including circuitry for receiving a request for at least a specific instance of content from a user; circuitry fo... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7840900 | Replacing reset pin in buses while guaranteeing system recovery Systems and methods are disclosed that replace a separate reset pin in a bus with a reset command that guarantees a system recovery. The system comprises a host component circuitry residing on a first chip and a client component circuitry residing on a second, diffe... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840899 | Strategies for navigating through a list A list navigation module (LNM) is described that allows a user to navigate among a filtered list of items, yet, in addition, also discover items within an original list items. In operation, a user inputs a search selection, which prompts the LNM to cull a filtered l... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836402 | Multiple link connector list A comprehensive network map for a graphical user interface (GUI) of a communication network, illustrates all outside links to network devices external to said map. To this end, the connections between a network device on the map and all groups of network devices out... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7818673 | Network map The claimed method and system provides a graphical user interface that illustrates network topology information, including connection paths between devices on the local network and an external network such as the Internet. The claimed method and system may use a thr... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7802181 | Document processing device and document processing method A new content distribution technique is provided. A document processing apparatus 100 provides a function as a browser that allows the user to browse a document held by a Web server 25. Specifically, the document processing apparatus 100 ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7788587 | Modelling relationships within an on-line connectivity universe Enhanced presentation techniques for modeling a connectivity universe associated with a particular user or device are provided. Example embodiments provide a WorldView Display System (a “WVDS”), which automatically organizes a user's online relationships with en... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7725831 | Communication device, communication system, communication method, program and recording medium A communication device which urges a user to select another communication device with which communication should be performed in a plurality of communication devices existing as candidates for communication, and which performs communication with the selected communi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7721211 | Methods and apparatus providing filtering in a management application A system filters network management information in a graphical user interface by receiving a managed object selection that represents a resource in a storage area network. The system then identifies a view selection associated with the managed object selection, and ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716585 | Multi-dimensional graphical display of discovered wireless devices A device discovery and presentation system. The architecture facilitates automatically sensing devices, ports, or other wirelessly identifiable entities by detecting such entities, and displaying a 2-D or 3-D representation of the relative location of such entities ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716586 | Apparatus, system, and method for progressively disclosing information in support of information technology system visualization and management An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for progressively disclosing information in support of information technology system visualization and management. An organization module establishes a plurality of levels of graphical information for an information tec... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716587 | Selection accelerator in topology views A selection accelerator in topology views is presented. A user uses a topology view to manage a computer network whereby the topology view includes a plurality of nodes and their relationships that correspond to computer network components. When a user selects a pri... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7676747 | Method for representing security features of a distributed system A method for representing security features of a distributed system is presented. The method includes creating abstractions to describe security mechanisms of a system, and creating a specification using the abstractions. The specification models components of the s... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7620897 | Network based system which provides a database of measurement solutions System and method for configuring a client system, e.g., a measurement system. First input is received from a client system over a network requesting access to a plurality of configuration diagrams comprising respective solutions to respective tasks. At least a subs... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617455 | Device search apparatus There is disclosed an apparatus for searching a device on a network. A device search client links a search condition for searching the device with an icon to store the search condition. When a user designates the icon, the search condition linked with the icon and s... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7607091 | Method and apparatus for displaying positions of home network appliances In a method and an apparatus for displaying positions of home network appliances capable of making a user easily recognize positions of home network appliances to control, the method includes generating an appliance identifier for indicating a type of each home netw... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7607092 | Integrated method and system for accessing and aggregating disparate remote server services A system and method for aggregating disparate web services and functionality via a graphical user interface, the system and method includes generating a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface includes at least one active window capable of interfacing... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7587675 | Network map The claimed method and system provides a graphical user interface that illustrates network topology information, including connection paths between devices on the local network and an external network such as the Internet. The claimed method and system may use a thr... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7581187 | Reuseable high level graphical user interface template An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium having computer readable code embodied therein is disclosed. The computer readable code is configured to implement a graphical user interface (GUI) template. The GUI template is configured to create one o... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7574657 | Administration manager Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for managing an enterprise network. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. A plurality of computer applications is located on th... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7571387 | Methods and apparatus facilitating management of a SAN A resource manager (e.g., a computer, a software application, etc.) initiates display of a list of managed objects associated with respective resources in a storage area network. The resource manager then receives a command from a user viewing the list to display vi... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7565609 | Synchronizing execution of graphical programs executing on different computer systems A first graphical program executing on a first device may execute a first graphical code portion for a plurality of iteration. Various systems and methods for synchronizing the execution of the iterations of the first graphical code portion with graphical code porti... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7519908 | Application server configuration tool A system and method are provided for an application server configuration tool. In an embodiment the configuration tool includes a data layer to store a configuration for an application server or a cluster of application servers. The data layer may include a database... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7512888 | Management method and apparatus for storage apparatus A method for performing a system reconfiguration of a storage system includes displaying a configuration window visually showing a configuration of a plurality of components in the storage system within an operation screen. An input area is displayed within the oper... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509582 | User interface system, scene description generating device and method, scene description converting device and method, recording medium, and sending medium A user interface system comprises a server having a scene description converting device for converting scene description containing input user interaction into converted scene description while leaving parts containing the user interaction and a scene description de... | 03/24/2009 |
