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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171414 | System and method for consolidated reporting of characteristics for a group of file systems A system and method enables one or more storage volumes and associated devices on one or more storage appliances (filers) to be combined or consolidated into arbitrary groups so that statistical information related to performance, operational status and other usage-... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161393 | Arrangements for managing processing components using a graphical user interface In some embodiments a method for managing processing components using a graphical user interface is disclosed. The method can include determining connection data of a processing system automatically by communicating with at least one node of the processing system, d... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161392 | Methods and apparatus for managing a shared GUI A system and methods for connecting a computer and at least one computing appliance to a graphic user interface comprising a display and peripheral devices is disclosed. A user interface session is associated with a computer connected to the graphic user interface b... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8140976 | Using content aggregation to build administration consoles Content aggregation is used to build administration consoles. Preferred embodiments enable providing a solution-based approach to information technology (“IT”) administration, whereby content can be flexibly arranged to provide a content view that is adapted for... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8095880 | System administration discussions indexed by system components A method provides, as part of a computer administration system, an administration interface that can operate on almost any computerized device that has a user interface. The computer administration system manages components of a computer system and the administratio... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8082506 | Geographical vulnerability mitigation response mapping system Systems and methods for geographically mapping a vulnerability of a network having one or more network points include receiving vulnerability information identifying a vulnerability of a point of the network, correlating the vulnerability information with location i... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078973 | Visual indication of a device connection speed A method of providing visual indication of a device connection speed proceeds by determining a connection speed of the device and selecting a visual indicator representative of the connection speed. Once the appropriate indicator has been selected, the visual indica... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078972 | Methods and interfaces for displaying performance data related to a current remote access session A graphical user interface displays performance data related to a communication session between a first computing device and a second computing device. The graphical user interface comprises a first graphical element and a second graphical element. The first graphic... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078971 | System and method for scripting explorer for server configuration The present invention provides provide GUI-type server scripting explorer that allows a user to browse, invoke, and update via its GUI all kinds of management objects available on a server. The explorer embeds a command interpreter through which the user can invoke ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069415 | System and method for generating perspectives of a SAN topology A SAN management system including the ability to generate perspectives of a SAN topology is provided. The SAN management system includes a SAN manager program to monitor a SAN. The SAN management system further includes a SAN management database linked with the SAN ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065618 | Customization of an interaction center manager's graphical dashboard Systems and techniques are described for a computer program product that can provide an interaction center (IC) manager's graphical user interface on an interconnected display device. The graphical user interface includes an overview area displaying at least one use... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8051378 | Generic mechanism for reporting on backups The present invention comprises a generic mechanism for reporting on backup operations. An object is abstracted in order to provide a generic reporting object, and the generic reporting object is displayed by the reporting GUI. The GUI is thus provided for handling ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042048 | System and method for home automation A home automation system and method are disclosed for configuring a device state including accessing a graphical user interface (GUI) in a database at a server, sending the GUI from the server to the client device, receiving an input from the client device at the se... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8006188 | Component localization In an implementation of component localization, control components are maintained that each define a localization format, such as a display format for a section of a display. A locale designation is received and a control component is obtained that corresponds to a ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996773 | Displaying and managing inherited values A method, system, and article of manufacture that help system administrators visualize the relationship between a global setting and the setting in each instance. One embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a selection of a setting, determining an in... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971143 | Senseweb Senseweb is described. In an embodiment, a first selection identifying a region of interest is recognized. Additionally, a second selection indicating at least one selected condition potentially monitored within the region of interest is recognized. Then, at least o... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7890870 | Monitoring network functions concurrently utilizing a performance display A computerized method, computer system, and computer-readable media for monitoring network functions concurrently on a performance display is provided. In particular, the performance display is presented to an operator at a user-interface display that includes perfo... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890869 | Network security visualization methods, apparatus and graphical user interfaces A method for a computer system including a display includes determining a plurality of security metrics associated with a plurality of servers within a network, displaying a tree map on the display representing at least a portion of the network, wherein the tree map... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886231 | System for controlling and monitoring therapy modules of a medical workstation A system is provided for controlling and monitoring therapy modules of a medical workstation. The system includes a first control and display unit, at least another control and display unit and at least one therapy module, which is either a ventilation module or an ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886230 | Scale with automatic offline indication and related method A scale and associated methods automatically identify when a food product pricing scale is in an offline condition and changes a color condition on the scale display to alert scale operators of the offline condition. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882438 | Quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing Providing quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for storing, during a process, data associated with a ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7882439 | Graphical user interface and method for customer centric network management A graphical user interface and method for customer centric network management. The graphical user interface includes a first view showing text input by a user indicative of customer identification data corresponding to a customer in a network. This data is received ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7861174 | Method and system for assembling concurrently-generated content A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for satisfying a single request from a client for a plurality of content components derived from content hosted by a plurality of distinct, separately accessible component servers comprises receiving a single request ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849408 | Network traffic visualization A system containing a visualization application which enables the user or other user to obtain information about various types of transactions involving the respective activities of the components. The user selects filtering criteria that identify various types of t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7818674 | Method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for interactive notification of events A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for the interactive notification of events is provided. A notification client application program executes in a background state and receives notifications from a business application server computer that an ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810034 | Backup reporting framework graphical user interface A backup reporting framework Graphical User Interface (GUI) comprises a combination of components that make it possible to display a Reporting GUI to the customer on the customer's desktop. The framework includes three main components, a server component, a wag-serv... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802189 | User interface design for telecommunications systems The present invention relates generally to a user interface design for telecommunication systems. In a particular embodiment, the user interface includes a first level interface organized by data communications network technology area and a second level interface gr... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797634 | Method and apparatus for displaying network fabric data The invention relates to methods and associated systems for displaying network fabric data for managing electronic networks, such as computer networks, storage area networks (SANs), and the like. In one aspect, the invention provides a method for displaying paramete... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7747954 | Method and system for virtual private network connectivity verification A method for testing connectivity of virtual private networks, the virtual private networks including customer edge routers and provider edge routers, the provider edge routers belonging to a network managed by a service provider, the method comprising: displaying a... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7743332 | User interface to display and manage an entity and associated resources A user interface to display and manage a plurality of entities as if a single entity is provided. The user interface includes a representation of the collection of entities as a whole, and a representation of members associated with the entity. If an action is perfo... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739605 | System and/or method relating to managing a network The present invention displays a graphical representation of a multi-layer network having a front end layer and a back end layer. A plurality of front end units of the front end layer and a plurality of back end units of the back end layer are represented as a plura... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7739604 | Method and apparatus for managing windows Methods and apparatuses to manipulate a window during a drag-and-drop operation. In one aspect of the invention, a method to manipulate a window includes: receiving input of dragging an item to a first window in a first state in which the first window is not complet... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7730408 | User interface to display and manage an entity and associated resources A user interface to display and manage a plurality of entities as if a single entity is provided. The user interface includes a representation of the collection of entities as a whole, and a representation of members associated with the entity. If an action is perfo... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725832 | System and process for providing dynamic communication access and information awareness in an interactive peripheral display The system and method of the present invention provides peripheral awareness of information to a user. The information to be provided is either determined automatically, or specified by the user. Once the information to be provided is determined or specified, it is ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7721213 | Graphical interface for configuring a power supply controller Information for configuring control apparatus for a power system including a plurality of controlled power supplies is produced using a graphical interface which displays the topology and sequencing of the power supplies in the power system. A database is used to se... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716588 | Graphic user interface for digital networks A graphical user interface for a network of content devices that includes two or more graphical representations of two or more respective content devices that are coupled to a content device network. Graphical representations of two or more content streams between t... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7703019 | Visual administrator for specifying service references to support a service A method, apparatus, and system are provided for a visual administrator for specifying service references to support a service. According to one embodiment, a hierarchical tree structure having one or more tree nodes is displayed in a graphical user interface. Each ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7689918 | Graphical indicator for the multiplexed display of line graph information A method is disclosed for displaying a multiplexed property indicator on a network topology map. A coloration designation specification that specifies property-color designations is obtained. A network topology map that includes devices and links having properties t... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7685524 | Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and providing medium The invention enables users to virtually attach information to situations in the real world, and also enables users to quickly and easily find out desired information. An IR sensor receives an IR signal transmitted from an IR beacon, and supplies the received signal... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7681132 | System, method and program product for visually presenting data describing network intrusions Computer system, method and program for graphically representing network intrusions. Source icons are displayed in rows in a first column. The source icons represent source IP addresses from which intrusions were sent. Destination icons are displayed in rows in a se... | 03/16/2010 |
