Patent ID: 8291324

Claim:
A method, comprising: determining a list of visible objects in a scene, wherein at least a portion of the visible objects are components in a networked computer system; filtering the list of visible objects based at least in part on a business interest selected by a user; determining a position and orientation of at least one visible object from the filtered list; determining a model for the at least one visible object based on the position and orientation of the at least one visible object; determining a first portion of the visible objects that are within a first visualization range; displaying the first portion of the visible objects; in response to a navigation command, determining a second visualization range based at least in part on the navigation command; determining a second portion of the visible objects that are within the second visualization range; removing from the display any of the visible objects associated with the first portion but not the second portion of the visible objects; displaying the second portion of the visible objects; if the at least one visible object is not within the second visualization range, hiding a status indicator associated with the at least one visible object; determining whether an automatic flight mode property has been set; rendering the model for the at least one visible object; and rendering a status indicator representing an aggregate status of the at least one visible object and at least one related object in the networked computer system, wherein the aggregate status is based at least in part on two or more alerts that are weighted according to importance.