Patent ID: 6950990

Claim:
A display device having rendered thereon a network management console for displaying and accessing objects from a plurality of network resources, comprising: a second zone rendered in the console, the second zone including a selected workspace, the selected workspace including at least one module; a first zone rendered in the console, the first zone including an explorer tool, the explorer tool displaying a list of workspace names and a list of module names, the list of workspace names including a workspace name associated with the selected workspace, the list of module names including a module name associated with the at least one module; wherein the at least one module includes an object pane displaying a list of objects associated with the at least one module; wherein the at least one module includes an task pane displaying a list of tasks associated with the list of objects; wherein the at least one module includes an indicator indicating that one of the objects in the list of objects has been selected; wherein the at least one module includes an indicator indicating that one of the tasks in the list of tasks has been selected; wherein the at least one module includes a work pane displaying information related to the selected task and the selected object; and wherein the information related to the selected task and the selected object displayed in the at least one module includes a property sheet.