Patent ID: 6505246
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A network monitoring system, comprising:(a) one or more computer systems interconnected on a network; and (b) a client, executed by one of the computer systems, wherein the client comprises one or more user-customized presentation views and wherein the client is configured to: (i) receive user-defined requests for retrieving selected performance data on the user-customized presentation view's associated computer system; (ii) retrieve the selected performance data from a data server, wherein the performance data is stored on and collected by the data server in accordance with the received requests; (iii) retrieve one or more definitions for the one or more user-customized presentation views from the data server, wherein: (1) the one or more definitions define one or more user-customized graphical user interfaces; (2) the one or more definitions are stored on the data server; and (3) the one or more definitions are associated with a specific identifier that corresponds to one or more users such that access control of the definitions is based on the specific identifier; and (iv) present the retrieved selected performance data in one or more of the user-customized graphical user interfaces in accordance with one or more of the definitions.