Granted Patent B1

US 7,496,043 · App. 10/903,695 · Granted Feb 24, 2009

Abstract

Claims (69)

1. A graphical user interface for displaying network analysis, comprising:

a plurality of tabs selectable by a user; and

a plurality of windows each associated with one of the tabs and adapted for displaying a different aspect of a network analysis;

wherein the windows are each displayed upon the selection of the associated tab;

wherein the tabs include an expert tab, a protocol tab, and a statistics tab; and

the windows include an expert window, a protocol window, and a statistics window;

wherein the graphical user interface is capable of:

displaying a first interface including the expert tab, the protocol tab, and the statistics tab, in response to the selection of the statistics tab;

said first interface including a list of statistics;

displaying a second interface including the expert tab, the protocol tab, and the statistics tab, in response to the selection of the expert tab;

simultaneously displaying two panes of the second interface including a first pane and a second pane;

said first pane of the second interface including a plurality of objects with accompanying statistics for being selected by a user;

said second pane of the second interface including additional statistics associated with the objects.

2. A graphical user interface as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the expert window includes three panes including the first pane, the second pane, and a third pane; said first pane including summary information associated with packets listed in a sequence; said second pane including decode information associated with one of the packets highlighted in the first pane; and said third pane including hexadecimal formatted bytes of one of the packets highlighted in the first pane.

3. A graphical user interface as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the summary information includes a source identifier, a destination identifier, a summary, and a time.

4. A graphical user interface as set forth in claim 2 , wherein each of the three panes is capable of being viewed separately.

5. A graphical user interface as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of gauges are displayed for indicating different aspects of the network analysis.

6. A method for displaying network analysis, comprising:

displaying a plurality of tabs selectable by a user; and

displaying a plurality of windows each associated with one of the tabs and adapted for displaying a different aspect of the network analysis;

wherein the windows are each displayed upon the selection of the associated tab;

wherein the tabs include an expert tab, a protocol tab, and a statistics tab; and

the windows include an expert window, a protocol window, and a statistics window;

wherein the graphical user interface is capable of:

displaying a first interface including the expert tab, the protocol tab, and the statistics tab, in response to the selection of the statistics tab;

said first interface including a list of statistics;

displaying a second interface including the expert tab, the protocol tab, and the statistics tab, in response to the selection of the expert tab;

simultaneously displaying two panes of the second interface including a first pane and a second pane;

said first pane of the second interface including a plurality of objects with accompanying statistics for being selected by a user;

said second pane of the second interface including additional statistics associated with the objects.

7. A method as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the expert window includes three panes including the first pane, the second pane, and a third pane; said first pane including summary information associated with packets listed in a sequence; said second pane including decode information associated with one of the packets highlighted in the first pane; and said third pane including hexadecimal formatted bytes of one of the packets highlighted in the first pane.

8. A method as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the summary information includes a source identifier, a destination identifier, a summary, and a time.

9. A method as set forth in claim 7 , wherein each of the three panes is capable of being viewed separately.

10. A method as set forth in claim 9 , wherein a plurality of gauges are displayed for indicating different aspects of the network analysis.

11. A graphical user interface for displaying network analysis, comprising:

a plurality of selectors selectable by a user; and

a plurality of windows each associated with one of the selectors and adapted for displaying a different aspect of a network analysis;

wherein the windows are each displayed upon the selection of the associated selector;

wherein the selectors include an expert selector, a protocol selector, and a statistics selector; and the windows include an expert window, a protocol window, and a statistics window;

wherein the graphical user interface is capable of:

displaying the statistics window, in response to the selection of the statistics selector;

said statistics window including a plurality of statistics;

displaying the expert window, in response to the selection of the expert selector;

displaying two panes of the expert window including a first pane and a second pane;

said first pane of the expert window including a plurality of objects with accompanying statistics;

said second pane of the expert window including additional statistics associated with the objects.

12. A graphical user interface for displaying network analysis, comprising:

a plurality of selectors selectable by a user; and

a plurality of windows each associated with one of the selectors and adapted for displaying a different aspect of a network analysis;

wherein the windows are each displayed upon the selection of the associated selector;

wherein the selectors include an expert selector, and a statistics selector; and

the windows include an expert window, and a statistics window;

wherein the graphical user interface is capable of:

displaying the statistics window including the expert selector and the statistics selector, in response to the selection of the statistics selector;

said statistics window including a plurality of statistics;

displaying the expert window including the expert selector and the statistics selector, in response to the selection of the expert selector;

displaying two panes of the expert window including a first pane and a second pane;

said first pane of the expert window including a plurality of objects with accompanying statistics;

said second pane of the expert window including additional statistics associated with the objects.

13. A graphical user interface for displaying network analysis, comprising:

a plurality of selectors selectable by a user; and

a plurality of windows each associated with one of the selectors and adapted for displaying a different aspect of a network analysis;

wherein the windows are each displayed upon the selection of the associated selector;

wherein the selectors include an expert selector, a protocol selector, and a statistics selector; and the windows include an expert window, a protocol window, and a statistics window;

wherein the graphical user interface is capable of:

displaying the statistics window including the expert selector and the statistics selector, in response to the selection of the statistics selector;

said statistics window including a plurality of statistics;

displaying the expert window including the expert selector and the statistics selector, in response to the selection of the expert selector;

displaying at least one pane of the expert window including a plurality of objects with accompanying statistics for being selected by a user.

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