Patent Document ID: 6058103
Application ID: 09032778
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A telecommunications network management system, comprising: a network object model representing a telecommunications network having a plurality of sites that are physically interconnected by a plurality of physical connections and logically interconnected by a plurality of logical connections, said network object model being created from information extracted from said telecommunications network; first display means for displaying a topological view of said telecommunications network, said topological view providing a view of said plurality of sites and said plurality of logical connections interconnecting said sites according to said network object model, each of said plurality of logical connections identifying a pair of sites that are configured to communicate with one another, and each of said plurality of logical connections being associated with one or more of said plurality of physical connections; second display means for displaying a topographical view of said telecommunications network, said topographical view providing a view of said plurality of sites and said physical connections interconnecting said plurality of sites; selecting means for selecting a logical connection displayed in said topological view; and a linking means for linking said topographical view with said topological view, wherein said linking means highlights said one or more physical connections associated with a selected logical connection.