Patent ID: 8060600
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A network element management system, comprising: a computer configured to interrogate a network element to determine a plurality of logical identifiers and a plurality of physical dependencies of pieces of physical equipment associated with the network element; the computer configured to process the logical identifiers and the physical dependencies to determine a relationship between the logical identifiers and the physical dependencies; a user interface display configured to display a table having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; wherein the plurality of logical identifiers for the pieces of physical equipment of the network element are listed in a first column of the plurality of columns; wherein the plurality of physical dependencies for the pieces of physical equipment of the network element are listed in a first row of the plurality of rows; at least one list of the pieces of physical equipment displayed in one of the plurality of rows containing a first one of the plurality of logical identifiers, where each piece of physical equipment in the list of pieces of physical equipment is linked to the first one of the plurality of logical identifiers and where each piece of the physical equipment in the list of the pieces of the physical equipment is located in a column that corresponds to the physical dependency which the piece of physical equipment fulfills.