Patent ID: 8549405
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for: providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying operating performance of a packet network, said graphical user interface comprising: a plurality of first graphical representations illustrative of network communications devices operating on a packet network, said respective network communications devices are displayed in a first mode if operating within a predetermined status value range that indicates normal communications of data packets and in a second mode if respective network communications devices are operating at an above normal range, wherein a user is able to visually determine whether a network communication device is operating normally or at the above normal range based on whether the network communication device is displayed in the first mode or the second mode; and a plurality of second graphical representations illustrative of node segments connecting respective network communications devices, said respective node segments are displayed in a third mode if operating within the predetermined status value range that indicates normal communications of data packets and in a fourth mode if respective node segments are not operating within the predetermined status value range that indicates normal communications of data packets, wherein at least one of the third mode and fourth mode includes a graphical representation indicating high current usage of real-time bandwidth on said respective node segments, the real-time bandwidth indicating communication of data packets that contain real-time content, wherein the real-time content includes data representative of speech of a telephone call; and further comprising computer executable instructions for displaying a chart indicating node segment status usage for a particular node segment on the packet network, the chart displaying a graph of total bandwidth usage over a time period, real-time communication bandwidth usage over the time period, and non-real time bandwidth usage over the time period.