Patent Document ID: 8356096
Application ID: 12789825
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A processor-implemented method for generating a network report, comprising: receiving from a customer a network report request specifying a source and a target of a data path; obtaining traceroute data in response to the network report request, the traceroute data being indicative of the data path through a plurality of network elements between the source and the target; extracting, by a processor, from the traceroute data at least one network address of the plurality of network elements in the data path; constructing, by the processor, a network element description match query for the at least one extracted network address; executing, by the processor, the constructed query on at least one network element database; collecting traffic link data from at least one of the plurality of network elements; retrieving at least one network element data record based on the executing, the at least one network element data record comprising at least one network performance metric statistic determined based on traffic link data associated with the at least one network element data record; accessing the at least one network performance metric statistic from the at least one network element data record; comparing the at least one network performance metric statistic with at least one threshold to detect at least one threshold violation; identifying at least one violating network element associated with the at least one threshold violation; and generating the requested network report comprising a correlated listing of the at least one extracted network address and the at least one network element data record, wherein the at least one violating network element is identified using at least one visual cue.