Patent ID: 6067093
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: G06T,H04L

Abstract:
A method for efficiently organizing objects displayed on a screen of a network mapping tool, the method comprising the steps of:generating a connected graph of linked objects within a network atlas of maps, each map comprising a logical page depicting a portion of an inter network computing system;organizing the connected graph on each logical page such that a collection of related ones of the linked objects is displayable on a window of the screen; andrecovering blank space in said graph by minimizing a distance from a center of a parent node object to a center of an associated child node object while ensuring that none of said linked objects overlap each other, wherein an angular position of one linked object relative to another linked object in said graph is calculated by first calculating a first value calculated by dividing a diameter of the one linked object by a length of a connection between the one and the another linked objects, the angular position being based upon a second value calculated by adding to the first value a predefined value.