Patent ID: 8086970

Claim:
A graphical user interface for managing a plurality of internet protocol ranges, the graphical user interface comprising: a control component for displaying, by a processing unit, the plurality of internet protocol ranges; a selector for selecting either a one-dimensional or a two-dimensional graphical representation of a portion of the plurality of internet protocol ranges to form a selected graphical representation, wherein the graphical representation of the portion of the plurality internet protocol ranges is an enlarged version of the visual representation of the internet address space of the plurality of internet protocol ranges for providing additional details to a user; a view manipulation component for providing a visual representation of an internet address space of the plurality of internet protocol ranges, wherein the view manipulation component comprises: a plurality of octet view areas and an octet slider bar for each of a first three octet view areas; and a locking selector for locking the each of the first three octet view areas to a specific octet, wherein the octet slider bar is generated responsive to the specific octet being locked, and wherein the each of the first three octet view areas is removed from the view manipulation component responsive to the specific octet being locked; and a graphical component for displaying the selected graphical representation of the portion of the plurality of internet protocol ranges.