Real-time user-defined creation of network device information collections
US6295527A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Mechanisms for establishing and viewing groups of devices within a network of devices are disclosed. A filter mechanism is coupled to a database of information about devices in a network having multiple network devices such as switches and routers. The database stores a filter metadata table that describes criteria by which the information in the database can be filtered to establish groups of the devices. The filter metadata drives the presentation of a filter dialog that provides a set of filters and filter criteria that can be selected by a user. The filter mechanism receives a set of user-entered criteria, selected from among the filter criteria, that define a group of the devices. The filter mechanism constructs a Boolean query to the database based upon the user-entered criteria. The database provides a dynamic view of network devices that meet the user-entered criteria. The filter metadata table describes the order of filters displayed in the filter dialog, and sources of data that provide values for the filters to be displayed in the filter dialog. Filters are persistently stored and can be retrieved and viewed by name. The membership of each device group defined by a filte…
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