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Computer network virtual entity pathway visualization system

US9923782B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 8, 2015
Grant dateMar 20, 2018
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/122
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computerized virtual entity pathway visualization method and system provide a virtual entity packet pathway display indicating a packet pathway along which a data packet would travel from between virtual entities (e.g., virtual machines) in a computer system. One implementation includes modeling of a computer system having physical and virtual entities, identifying a packet pathway from a source virtual entity in the computer system to a destination virtual entity in the computer system, and rendering on a computer display screen a packet pathway and an arrangement of plural active icons corresponding to physical and virtual entities included in the packet pathway from the source virtual entity to the destination virtual entity.

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