Patent ID: 6854091

Claim:
A method for displaying representations of nodes, and links connecting said nodes, said method comprising: displaying a node line representing each one of said nodes, each node line being parallel to every other node line; and displaying a link line representing each one of said links, each link line being perpendicular to each node line, wherein each link line terminates at two node lines, said two node lines representing the nodes connected by the link represented by the link line, wherein the method is practised in a computer system, the method further comprising: displaying a plurality of link attribute identifiers for each of which there is an associated link attribute for each link; providing a selection input mechanism for selection of a selected one of said link attribute identifiers; wherein upon selection of said selected one of said link attribute identifiers, each link line is displayed in a position relative to every other link line, determined by a comparison of the link attribute associated with the said selected one of said link attribute identifiers, for the link represented by the link line, with the link attribute associated with the said selected one of said link attribute identifiers, for every other link.