Patent ID: 6298349
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
In a network computer system including a plurality of devices associated with one or more users and user groups in a hierarchy of user groups, a system resource display apparatus for displaying resources of each of said managed devices for at least one of said users and user groups, comprising:an information database for storing hierarchized information data items, each including a keyword data item;a resource database for storing a plurality of resource data items, each of said resource data items indicating resources of each of said managed devices and said keyword data items in association with each of said resource data items;hierarchy display means for displaying one or more hierarchical levels of said information data items stored in said information database;information data display means, being responsive to selection of one of said displayed hierarchical levels, for displaying said information data items included in said selected hierarchical level; andresource data display means, being responsive to selection of one of said displayed information data items, for displaying one of said resource data items that is stored in said resource database in association with one of said keyword data items included in said selected information data item.