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US06628304B2 Method and apparatus providing a graphical user interface for representing and navigating hierarchical networks 有权
标题翻译：提供用于表示和导航分级网络的图形用户界面的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：US06628304B2
公开(公告)日：2003-09-30
申请号：US09208554
申请日：1998-12-09
申请人： Frederick H. Mitchell , David K. Bainbridge
发明人： Frederick H. Mitchell , David K. Bainbridge
IPC分类号： G09G500
CPC分类号： H04L41/044 , G06F3/0481 , H04L41/20 , H04L41/22
摘要： A method and apparatus are provided which present hierarchical data to a user via a graphical user interface. A preferred embodiment represents hierarchical data related to a computer network and is provided to a user as part of a network management software application. In the interface, hierarchical data is represented by nodes, beginning with one or more top nodes and extending into lower hierarchical levels by the display of child nodes, child's child nodes, and so forth. The arrangement of nodes on the graphical user interface is such that scaling portrays the various hierarchical levels, and nodes do not spatially interfere with one another. Navigation through the hierarchical data is provided by allowing the user to select any visible node, at which point a zoom-in or zoom-out view to the selected node as a centrally located node on the interface is performed. Child nodes at lower hierarchical levels that were not visible before selection are then made visible up to a predetermined number of levels within the hierarchy. A map is provided on the interface which allows a user to graphically comprehend the present location of all nodes displayed on the interface in relation to their position within the overall hierarchy. As applied to network management, the interface allows errors in low level devices within a network to be visually propagated up to the upper levels of the hierarchy, for display to a user viewing only the top levels. The interface and computing system configured according to the invention overcomes problems of prior art systems which obscure a user location within a large hierarchy and the invention overcomes significant navigation problems of prior art systems.
摘要翻译：提供了一种通过图形用户界面向用户呈现分层数据的方法和装置。优选实施例表示与计算机网络相关的分层数据，并且作为网络管理软件应用的一部分提供给用户。在界面中，分层数据由节点表示，从一个或多个顶级节点开始，并通过显示子节点，子节点等扩展到较低层级。图形用户界面上节点的布置使得缩放能够描绘各种层次，并且节点不会在空间上相互干扰。通过允许用户选择任何可见节点来提供通过分级数据的导航，此时执行到所选节点的放大或缩小视图作为接口上的居中定位的节点。在选择之前不可见的较低级别级别的子节点随后可见到层次结构内预定数量的级别。在界面上提供了一个地图，该地图允许用户以图形方式理解界面上显示的所有节点的当前位置，这与其整体层次结构中的位置有关。当应用于网络管理时，该接口允许在网络中的低级设备中的错误被视觉地传播到层次结构的较高级别，以便显示给仅查看顶层的用户。根据本发明配置的接口和计算系统克服了在大层次中掩盖用户位置的现有技术系统的问题，并且本发明克服了现有技术系统的显着导航问题。

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