Patent ID: 8144599

Claim:
A method, comprising: defining at least one indicator relating to at least one of a communications network resource, a communications network service, or a service provided over a communications network, said communications network being a wireless network, wired network, or a combination thereof; dividing a value range of the at least one indicator into value range classes; assigning a binary code to each of the value range classes of the at least one indicator; collecting data relating to the at least one indicator; classifying the collected data by translating at least one piece of the collected data into the binary code assigned to an associated value range class; monitoring the classified data in real time to detect changes in value range class of the classified data; and in an instance in which a change in value range class is detected based at least in part on the monitoring: causing at least one detected change in the classified data to be reported in response to detection of the change in value range class; analyzing, by a processor, one or more of a state of at least part of the communications network or a state of a communications network service provided over the communications network in response to the reported at least one detected change in the classified data, the one or more of the state of at least part of the communications network or the state of the communications network service provided over the communications network being analyzed only in an instance in which a change in value range class is detected and reported; and causing display of a graphical representation of the analyzed state.