IP Library Granted Patent US 11,201,787
Granted Patent B1
US 11,201,787 · App. 16/941,390 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Routing visualization user interface

Inventors: Hannah Oppenheimer (Austin, TX); John Cowen (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: HASHICORP
H04L41/0883H04L29/0899H04L41/0813H04L41/0823H04L41/12H04L41/22H04L43/045H04L43/062
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,201,787
App. No.
16/941,390
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

A configuration of a service of a cloud computing system is rendered in a user interface of an electronic display, according to a discovery chain generated by a networking tool using a service discovery function to establish the configuration. The configuration includes one or more of a router, a splitter, and/or a resolver, each having one or more configuration files that are represented as a graphical element within a graphical representation of the one or more of the router, the splitter, and/or the resolver. The configuration further includes data traffic routes between pairs of the configuration files, each being represented in the UI as a line between each pair of configuration files, where each line is rendered in the UI so as to avoid crossing over any graphical element that represents a configuration file.

Claims (28)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

rendering, in an electronic user interface (UI), a configuration of a service of a cloud computing system, the service being rendered according to a discovery chain generated by a networking tool using a service discovery function to establish a set of configuration types, the configuration types comprising one or more of a router, a splitter, and/or a resolver, the one or more of the router, the splitter, and/or the resolver each having one or more configuration files that are represented as a graphical element within a graphical representation of the one or more of the router, the splitter, and/or the resolver, the configuration further comprising data traffic routes between pairs of the configuration files, each of the data traffic routes being represented in the UI as a line between each pair of configuration files; and

rendering, in the UI, each line so as to avoid crossing over any graphical element that represents a configuration file.

2. The computer-implemented method in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising modifying the display of data related to a line or graphical element in response to the selection of the line or graphic element by a user action.

3. The computer-implemented method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein modifying the display includes displaying a percentage of traffic between respective pairs of the configuration files.

4. The computer-implemented method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein modifying the display includes displaying in bold a routing associated with a selected configuration file, while fading all other graphics in the UI.

5. The computer-implemented method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein modifying the display includes zooming in or out on a selected portion of the UI.

6. The computer-implemented method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the graphical representation of the one or more of the router, the splitter, and/or the resolver is a squared region in the UI.

7. The computer-implemented method in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the graphical element representing each configuration file is one of a box, an ellipse, a circle, a rectangle, a square, and a polyhedron within the squared region in the UI.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors of a first device having an electronic display, to cause the one or more processors to:

render, in a two-dimensional user interface (UI) of the electronic display, a configuration of a service of a cloud computing system, the service being rendered according to a discovery chain generated by a networking tool using a service discovery function to establish a set of configuration types, the configuration types comprising one or more of a router, a splitter, and/or a resolver, the one or more of the router, the splitter, and/or the resolver each having one or more configuration files that are represented as a graphical element within a graphical representation of the one or more of the router, the splitter, and/or the resolver, the configuration further comprising data traffic routes between pairs of the configuration files, each of the data traffic routes being represented in the UI as a line between each pair of configuration files; and

render, in the UI, each line so as to avoid crossing over any graphical element that represents a configuration file.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to modify the display of data related to a line or graphical element in response to the selection of the line or graphic element by a user action.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the instructions to modify the display include instructions to display a percentage of traffic between respective pairs of the configuration files.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the instructions to modify the display include instructions to display in bold a routing associated with a selected configuration file, while fading all other graphics in the UI.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the instructions to modify the display include instructions to zoom in or out on a selected portion of the UI.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the graphical representation of the one or more of the router, the splitter, and/or the resolver is a squared region in the UI.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the graphical element representing each configuration file is one of a box, an ellipse, a circle, a rectangle, a square, and a polyhedron within the squared region in the UI.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause a processor to:

render, in a two-dimensional user interface (UI) of an electronic display, a configuration of a service of a cloud computing system, the service being rendered according to a discovery chain generated by a networking tool using a service discovery function to establish a set of configuration types, the configuration types comprising one or more of a router, a splitter, and/or a resolver, the one or more of the router, the splitter, and/or the resolver each having one or more configuration files;

represent, in the UI, the one or more configuration files as a graphical element within a graphical representation of the one or more of the router, the splitter, and/or the resolver, the configuration further comprising data traffic routes between pairs of the configuration files;

represent, each of the data traffic routes in the UI as a line between each pair of configuration files; and

render, in the UI, each line so as to avoid crossing over any graphical element that represents a configuration file.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to modify the display of data related to a line or graphical element in response to the selection of the line or graphic element by a user action.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to display a percentage of traffic between respective pairs of the configuration files.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to display in bold a routing associated with a selected configuration file, while fading all other graphics in the UI.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to zoom in or out on a selected portion of the UI.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in accordance with claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to provide interactivity to each line and graphical element in the UI, the interactivity being responsive to a user action associated with a selected line or graphical element in the UI to display additional data related to the selected curved line or graphical element.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2025
From: HASHICORP, INC.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072476/0436 →
ASSIGNMENT BY DECLARATION OF AFFIDAVIT ERRONEOUSLY FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 053931/0718 Recorded Jul 25, 2025
From: HASHICORP, INC.
To: HASHICORP, INC.
Reel/Frame 072226/0141 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2020
From: OPPENHEIMER, HANNAH; COWEN, JOHN
To: HASHICORP
Reel/Frame 053931/0718 →
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