Patent ID: 7099941
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for providing information about a logical port of a network to a user terminal, comprising: displaying at the user terminal a screen having a logical port identification field; receiving a logical port identification entry through the identification field at the user terminal, wherein if the logical port identification entry identifies more than one logical port in the network, receiving a selection that identifies the logical port, wherein if the logical port identification entry identifies one logical port in the network, the identified one logical port is the logical port, and wherein the logical port corresponds to a physical circuit in the network wherein receiving the logical port identification entry for the logical port comprises, in response to receiving the logical port identification entry, sending a query to the network requesting information for the logical port; receiving information for the logical port from the network at the terminal in response to sending the query; displaying the information for the logical port at the user terminal; receiving and displaying information about a user who has locked access to operational information of the logical port when access to the operational information for the logical port is locked wherein the information about the user includes a name and telephone number of the user; displaying a trap test control in conjunction with the information for the logical port; receiving a trap test control selection through the user terminal; testing for traps in relation to the logical port in a second query to the network in response to a selection of the trap test control; and displaying a result of the testing at the user terminal.