Patent ID: 6662183
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method in a computer system for configuring a computer network, said method comprising the steps of:establishing a database including information about a plurality of network products, said plurality of network products being supplied by a plurality of different vendors; selecting ones of said plurality of network products to use to configure said computer network, said computer network being configured utilizing products available from a plurality of different vendors; establishing a plurality of different network attributes, said plurality of network attributes being able to evaluative computer networks; assigning a weighting value for each of said plurality of network attributes, said weighting value indicating a relative importance of each of said plurality of network attributes; evaluating each of said plurality of network products with regard to each of said plurality of network attributes; assigning a weighting value for each of said plurality of network products for each of said plurality of network attributes; and for each of said plurality of network attributes for each of said plurality of network products, determining an attribute score utilizing said weighting value assigned to each of said plurality of network products for each of said plurality of network attributes and utilizing said weighting value for each of said plurality of network attributes.