Patent ID: 7124369

Claim:
A method in a computer system for displaying a representation of a path between two nodes of a multi-layer network, said path comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected by links in a sequential order, said method comprising: displaying in a path explorer view, a path representation comprising a first line of node icons, each of said first line node icons representing a respective node of a first node layer of the network; displaying any logical link between two nodes in the path that traverses nodes of a second node layer, the logical link being indicated by a layer icon that bisects a link line that represents the logical link; displaying a selectable layer expander icon; and upon a first selection of the layer expander icon, displaying in the path representation, a second line of node icons each representing a respective node of the second node layer of the network, said second line being parallel to, and offset from the first line; wherein the node icons are positioned in sequential order along the path representation.