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Method and apparatus for supervising a processor within a distributed platform switch through graphical representations

US6664985B1 · kind B1 · utility

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17References

24Claims

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Assignee

AT&T CORP. · US

Inventors

Richard J. Bormann · Howell, US
Ann C. Fulop · Aberdeen, US
Steven J. Shute · Yardley, US
Radakichenane Vengatatry · Edison, US
Phillip Weeks · Atlanta, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 5, 1997
Grant date	Dec 16, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S715/97
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Supervising a distributed switch having a set of interconnected distributed switch processors each having its own set of components. State information about a distributed switch processor from the set of distributed switch processors is received. A graphical user interface (GUI) having a set of glyphs within one output unit is displayed. Each glyph from the set of glyphs representing a component of the distributed switch processor. Each glyph from the set indicates the state information about its own component.

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