Patent ID: 7568126

Claim:
A communication network diagnosis tool adapted to analyze network analysis data using diagnostic trees consisting of nodes each associated with a network test or a set of network tests and connected together by branches representing logical relationships between tests to deliver diagnostic reports describing causes of problems in said network, which diagnostic tool comprises: processor means that uses at least a portion of a diagnostic tree for a test to associate, with at least some of the nodes and/or links of said portion, information data representing the result of the test on the node or link concerned and corresponding to selected levels of importance, and display means adapted to display selectively a graphical representation of the nodes and/or links of said portion representing at least a portion of the results of said test as a function of at least one selected level of importance; and man/machine interface means adapted to enable a user to select a displayed node and to display in response a context-specific menu for accessing at least one description of said selected node and analysis data values used for that node.