Patent ID: 9461839
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for visualizing a network including one or more protection rings, the method comprising, by a computer system: receiving a selection of a start node; receiving a selection of an end node; identifying first intervening nodes between the start and end node, the intervening nodes including at least one implicated protection ring of the one or more protection rings; identifying a blocking port of the at least one implicated protection ring; identifying a path through the at least one implicated protection ring based on the identified blocking port; generating a first graphical representation of each node of the first intervening nodes including a representation of the at least one implicated protection ring using the identified path and excluding nodes of the at least one implicated protection ring not included in the path; detecting unblocking of the blocking port of the at least one implicated protection ring by subscribing to events generated by an implicated node of the at least one implicated protection ring implicated by the unblocking; and in response to detecting the unblocking of the blocking port, performing steps of