Patent Document ID: 20110063292
Application ID: 12920275
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: providing a model of a geologic area of interest, said model including representations of objects within said geologic area of interest; defining one or more functional objects within said model; identifying a set of connection pathways within said model associated with said one or more functional objects; identifying one or more connection pathways not associated with said one or more functional objects; analyzing connectivity within said geologic area of interest with respect to said one or more functional objects using said set of connection pathways; presenting said set of connection pathways in a visualization environment so as to be readily identifiable visually; and de-emphasizing, in the visualization environment, said one or more connection pathways not part of said set of said connection pathways to thereby present said set of connection pathways in said visualization environment to be readily identifiable visually.