Patent ID: 7917854

Claim:
A method of displaying a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of network elements interconnected with links, the method comprising: displaying in a first window a first portion of the telecommunications network, the first portion comprising a first network element and a first link bundle representing a plurality of links for interconnecting the first network element with at least one other network element that is not part of the first portion; upon selection of the first link bundle, displaying in the first window information for each link of the first link bundle and displaying a follow-link option; upon selection of the information for a given link of the first link bundle, and upon selection of the follow-link option, displaying a second portion of the telecommunications network comprising a particular network element of the at least one other network element, the particular network element being interconnected to the first network element via the given link, the second portion further comprising a second link bundle representing the given link together with at least one other link; and upon displaying the second portion, indicating in a same window as the second portion that the second portion was entered by the second link bundle via the given link.