Patent ID: 8059548

Claim:
One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of efficiently presenting status information related to a plurality of network elements in a communications network to a plurality of presentation components, the method comprising: populating a status data structure with the status information related to the plurality of network elements, the information having a first state that is any one of a plurality of states and an indication of any change of status in the status information from the first state to any other of the plurality of states; deriving a set of update data from the status information related to at least one of the plurality of network elements based on the indication of any change of status in the status information from the first state to any other of the plurality of states, wherein said deriving includes placing an item of status information in the set of update data when any change of status of the item has occurred; and communicating from a central source the derived set of update data to an associated presentation component, wherein the associated presentation component is in communication with a presentation device.