Patent ID: 9501586
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for displaying attributes of a computer system, the method comprising: creating a plurality of groups, from a plurality of attributes of a computer system, by tagging the plurality of attributes with the plurality of groups such that each attribute is associated with at least one group, and storing tag information for each of the attributes, wherein each instance of the tag information correlates to a connection of one of the attributes to one of the groups, wherein each of the plurality of groups consists of one or more related attributes, and at least one of the attributes is tagged with two or more of the groups; displaying, during creation of the plurality of groups, an indicator of a number of the attributes required to complete a current one of the groups; determining a descriptive title for each group of the plurality of groups, wherein the descriptive title for each group is determined based on at least one of a unit of measurement of the group of attributes, and a common subject implied by the attributes of the group; displaying, on a user interface, the descriptive title characterizing the one or more related attributes of each respective group of the plurality of groups; receiving a selection of one or more of the plurality of groups to display, based on a selection of one or more corresponding descriptive titles of the displayed descriptive titles; displaying, in a first view on the user interface, the one or more related attributes of each of the selected one or more groups, the first view comprising a table view listing the attributes in a column and row format; receiving a request to display the one or more related attributes of each of the selected one or more groups, in a second view on the user interface, wherein the second view depicts attributes in an alternative manner than the first view; and displaying, in the second view on the user interface, the one or more related attributes of each of the selected one or more groups, the second view comprising a virtual aspect view displaying the attributes with relation to components of the computer system, wherein the computer system is a server such that the virtual aspect view displays a server rack, the server in a position on the server rack, and the attributes in positions on the server, wherein each of the positions corresponds to respective physical locations in the server rack.