Patent ID: 6771287
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
Network supervising apparatus comprising:a store, in use, storing information relating to the components of the network and the links between those components; a visual display apparatus connected to said store and including a processor to convert the information in said store into a visual display on said visual display apparatus representing the physical relationship between the components of the network and the links between those components, said visual display comprising a network map, the network map graphically illustrating how in the network the components of the network and links communicatively coupling the components of the network are connected; a manually operable selector to select two components displayed on the network map on said visual display apparatus; said processor apparatus in use processing the signals to said visual display apparatus to change the relative appearance of a set of components on the network map forming a path between the selected components from the other components to visually distinguish them on the network map.