Displaying interactive topology maps of cloud computing resources

US12132624B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Qianjie Zhong · Shanghai, CN
• Geng Qin · Lo Wu, CN
• Ting Wang · Shanghai, CN
• Min Zhang · San Ramon, US
• Micah James Delfino · San Francisco, US
• Jef Bekes · Piedmont, US
• D. Randall Young · San Francisco, US
• Cary Glen Noel · Pleasant Hill, US
• Feng Shao · Shanghai, CN
• Dritan Bitincka · Edgewater, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2023
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L43/0817
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed that enable collection of various types of data from cloud computing services and the generation of various dashboards and visualizations to view information about collections of cloud computing resources. A user can configure collection of data from one or more cloud computing services and view visualizations using an application platform referred to herein as a cloud computing management application. A cloud computing management application further may be configured to generate and cause display of interactive topology map representations of cloud computing resources based on the collected data, where an interactive topology map enables users to view an intuitive visualization of a collection of computing resources, efficiently cause performance of actions with respect to various resources displayed in the topology map, and analyze the collection of resources in ways that are not possible using conventional cloud computing service management consoles.