Patent ID: 6578077
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A computer system coupled to a network of computers, said computer system for monitoring and managing a plurality of flows of information, said computer system comprising:a graphical user interface component that generates a display, said display comprising at least a first portion and a second portion, said first portion comprising a graphical chart representing said flows of information, said second portion comprising text information describing each of said flows of information; an application programming interface (API) component coupled to said graphical user interface component; and a traffic control and management component, coupled to said application programming interface component, that controls an amount of bandwidth allocated to said plurality of flows of information, said traffic control and management component comprising: a first application, coupled to said API component, that classifies said plurality of flows of information into parameters and measures said parameters; a second application, coupled to said API component, that controls said plurality of flows of information into and out of the network of computers and allocates said bandwidth allocated to said plurality of flows of information; and a third application, coupled to said API component, that applies a traffic policy associated with one or more traffic rules in said first and second applications, and wherein the one or more traffic rules are adapted to be manually edited and/or created.