Patent ID: 7143159

Claim:
A method of correlating and presenting network data, comprising the steps of: retrieving a set of data from a network statistic data pool, said data pool having network traffic information for at least one of Applications, Application Protocols, Network Protocols, Hosts, and users on the network; correlating the retrieved data into a map of traffic on said network; and outputting said map; wherein: said map is output in a tree-based hierarchy in a split-window display; and said tree-based hierarchy is switchable within the split-window display between each of, an Applications view comprising a hierarchy of network traffic flow for each application currently running on said hosts, further comprising a tree of applications protocol roots expandable to highlight network protocol branches used on the network in conjunction with the expanded application protocol root in a first window of the split-window display, and performance data as to each host pertaining to a selected application protocol and network protocol root branch pair in a second window of the split-window display, an Application Protocols view comprising a hierarchy of network traffic for each application protocol running on said hosts, a Hosts view comprising a hierarchy of network traffic for each of said hosts, and a Matrix view comprising a hierarchy of host to host network traffic on said network for each of said hosts.