Patent ID: 9367197
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: identifying a computer-resource hierarchy of computer resources, said computer-resource hierarchy having at least first and second levels so that a first first-level computer resource contains first and second second-level computer resources; and using a computer, displaying frame hierarchy representing said computer-resource hierarchy in human-cognizable form on a physical display medium so that each of said computer resources that is displayed is represented at least in part by a respective frame so that a first first-level frame representing said first first-level computer resources contains first and second second-level frames respectively representing said first and second second-level computer resources, each frame being constituted by a top banner, a left sidebar, a right edge, and a bottom edge, each top banner bearing text identifying the respective resource, said top banner and said left sidebar having sufficient width to bear said text, said edges having insufficient width to bear said text so that said right edge is narrower than said left sidebar, each frame having a selection icon for a user to select the frame, wherein said displaying involves displaying said first and second second-level frames so that they are vertically distributed on said display medium and so that their respective sidebars are horizontally aligned with each other, wherein the left sidebar of the first first-level frame is continuous vertically adjacent both the first and second second-level frames with respect to the first first-level frame containing both the first and second second-level frames, wherein said displaying involves displaying a frame interior associated with each frame, each frame interior comprising a performance meter of the respective computer resource represented by the frame.