Patent Document ID: 9740792
Application ID: 14307981

Base Claim:
1. A method of generating a user interface for a topology of virtual computing resources and application components executing thereon, the method comprising: generating a plurality of topology components arranged in a grid layout and including a source topology component and a destination topology component, wherein the grid layout includes a plurality of ways comprising gaps between the plurality of topology components; determining a first path segment from the source topology component to the ways, comprising: determining the first path segment travels to an intersection between two of the ways in a direction of the destination topology component; determining a second path segment from the ways to the destination topology component; generating a graphic element based on the determined first and second path segments, wherein the graphic element is a topology connection comprising a plurality of scalar vector graphics connecting the source topology component to the destination topology component; and rendering, on a display device, a graphical user interface comprising the graphic element connecting the source topology component to the destination topology component.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the second path segment from the ways to the destination topology component further comprises: determining the second path segment traverses an intermediary topology component disposed between the source topology component and the destination topology component responsive to determining the intermediary topology component does not include a child topology component.