Claims
- 1. A method of managing network infrastructure, comprising:
providing information related to infrastructure of international networks, including facilities and equipment; and enabling display of the information.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein enabling comprises:
enabling display of the information in a geographic form.
- 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the geographic form of display of the information comprises display layers, each of the display layers corresponding to a type of object and capable of being selected independently of the other display layers.
- 4. The method of claim 2 wherein each type of object that is displayed is represented by a symbol and a text label unique to such object.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein enabling comprises:
enabling display of the information in tabular form.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the facilities comprise international facilities.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the equipment comprises international and proprietary equipment.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the information describes a relationship between the international and proprietary equipment.
- 9. The method of claim 1 wherein the information comprises types of objects.
- 10. The method of claim 9 wherein the types of objects comprise types of devices and associated device attributes.
- 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the information comprises data structures usable to provide a graphical user interface.
- 12. The method of claim 11 wherein the data structures are stored in a database.
- 13. The method of claim 12 wherein the database comprises a SQL server database.
- 14. A computer program product residing on a computer-readable medium for managing network infrastructure, the computer program product comprising instructions causing a computer to:
provide information related to infrastructure of international networks, including facilities and equipment; and enable display of the information.
- 15. An apparatus for managing network infrastructure, comprising:
means for providing information related to infrastructure of international networks, including facilities and equipment; and means for enabling the information to be displayed to a user.
- 16. A graphical user interface comprising:
a geographic view comprising a map that shows a representation of an international network infrastructure in a geographic area of interest; a tree structure usable to select objects associated with the international network infrastructure, to be displayed on the map; and a toolbar with options usable to select attributes to be displayed for the selected objects.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/466,706 (Attorney Docket No. ATT-139PUSP), filed Apr. 30, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60466706 |
Apr 2003 |
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