Patent ID: 7716586
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to disclose information, the apparatus comprising: a semiconductor device storing executable code; a processor executing the executable code, the executable code comprising an organization module establishing a plurality of levels of graphical information for an information technology system comprising a plurality of entities and a plurality of connections between entities, wherein each entity is selected from an object comprising at least one physical device in a data center and a resource comprising a logical portion of an object and represents one or more sub-entities and is assigned to at least one level and at least one entity class comprising similar objects, and each level with a specified granularity of entity information, the granularities ranging from a least fine granularity with high level information and the entity having at least one sub-entity to a finest granularity wherein the entity has no sub-entity; an assignment module assigning an entity graphical representation to each entity for each assigned level; a navigation module navigating from a first entity graphical representation to a selected entity graphical representation, the navigation comprising a diagonal navigation moving from the first entity graphical representation of a first level and a first entity class to the selected entity graphical representation of a second level and a second entity class; a display module displaying the selected entity graphical representation with the entity information granularity for a finer granularity level and a context graphical representation of each entity with a direct relationship with the selected entity with the entity information granularity for a less fine granularity level, the selected entity graphical representation and context graphical representation comprising an information environment and displaying a plurality of connections for a group of entities, each connection with a specified relationship metric, as a single aggregated connection and a single aggregated information disclosure of the specified relationship metric, the specified relationship metric selected from a priority connection and a failed connection; and a modification module progressively modifying the information environment in response to a user request.