Patent ID: 8732297

Claim:
A method of representing network performance information using a network map comprising: accessing, using a processing device, a network map representing a network, the network comprising a plurality of network elements, the plurality of network elements comprising a plurality of node devices and a network link between first and second node devices of the plurality of node devices, the network map comprising a plurality of graphical affordances that graphically represent the plurality of network elements; partitioning, using the processing device, a graphical affordance of the plurality of graphical affordances that is associated with a network element of the plurality of network elements into segmented sections in accordance with a temporal encoding scheme that encodes temporal information in the network map; and encoding, using the processing device, the segmented sections using a performance encoding scheme that identifies a level of performance associated with the segmented sections, the partitioned and encoded graphical affordance being included in the network map and representing a performance of the network element as a function of time for a period of time.