Patent ID: 8483608

Claim:
An apparatus for monitoring network call activity in a satellite-based communication network, comprising: a user interface configured to receive display control settings for selecting a visual data presentation format for depiction of call activity from among a plurality of different available visual data presentation formats that include a geo view visual data presentation format and a satellite activity grid visual data presentation format in which a time progression of live or recorded call activity data is depicted on a two-dimensional grid of antenna spot beams; a network interface configured to supply requests for call activity data to at least one data server over a network and to receive the call activity data from the at least one data server; a processor configured to process the call activity data received from the at least one data server in accordance with the display control settings; and a display device configured to display a visual data presentation depicting a time-progression representation of call activity in accordance with the processed call activity data and the selected visual data presentation format.