Brian R Locke

US Patent:

20040104939, Jun 3, 2004

Filed:

Nov 20, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/717838

Inventors:

Brian Locke - Lee NH, US
Gail Breck - Milton NH, US
David Brousseau - Barrington MH, US
Ronald Fitzpatrick - Center Barnstead NH, US
Paul Playdon - Rochester NH, US
Kiet Tran - Somersworth NH, US
Kevin White - Somersworth NH, US

Assignee:

Enterasys Networks, Inc. - Andover MA

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/764000

Abstract:

Assisting a user to navigate through a performance of a task, the task including a plurality of sub-tasks. Two or more of the sub-tasks are serially presented on a graphical user interface. Each of the two or more sub-tasks is displayed in a respective area of the graphical user interface. For each of the two or more sub-tasks, the user is enabled to perform the sub-task by entering information into the respective area of the sub-task as the sub-task is presented. While the two or more sub-tasks are being presented, a sub-task list of items is displayed to the user on the graphical user interface. Each item represents a respective one of the plurality of sub-tasks. Displaying the sub-task list includes displaying, within at least one of the items, information corresponding to the sub-task represented by the at least one item.

US Patent:

20040153966, Aug 5, 2004

Filed:

Jul 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/627328

Inventors:

James Richmond - Newfields NH, US
Steven Bir - Lee NH, US
David Grieve - Durham NH, US
Brian Locke - Lee NH, US
Christopher McClain - Dover NH, US
Daniel Murphy - Lee NH, US

Assignee:

Enterasys Networks, Inc. - Andover MA

International Classification:

G06F017/21

US Classification:

715/509000

Abstract:

A user is enabled to edit a table defining a view of a network object database, for example, a MIB. The user can select from among a plurality of network object types and select from among a plurality of columns of the table. At least one column of the table is specified by the user and edited to represent a network object type specified by the user. The view definition can be extracted from the application and transported to another device where it can be edited and/or viewed using a suitable application. Such portable view definition may be defined as part of a document, for example, a document formatted in accordance with a markup language, such as XML. Such document may include information for requesting objects to populate the view, which may be used to construct requests (e.g., SNMP requests) to retrieve objects from one or more network devices.

US Patent:

20040205072, Oct 14, 2004

Filed:

Jul 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/627327

Inventors:

James Richmond - Newfields NH, US
Steven Bir - Lee NH, US
David Grieve - Durham NH, US
Brian Locke - Lee NH, US
Christopher McClain - Dover NH, US
Daniel Murphy - Lee NH, US

Assignee:

Enterasys Networks, Inc. - Andover MA

International Classification:

G06F007/00
G09G005/00
G06F017/00

US Classification:

707/100000, 345/735000

Abstract:

A user interface enables a user to concurrently select a plurality of network objects of a network object database (e.g., a MIB) from a same network device or different network devices and specify a value, only once, to which to set the selected objects. The user can initiate setting of the selected objects on the one or more devices by specifying only once that the objects on such devices be set to the specified value. The user interface, which may include a GUI, may be configured to enable the user to specify a value for a cell of a first table (“editing table”), in response to which a plurality of cells of a second table (“primary table”) are set equal to the specified value. The primary table may represent a view of a network object database, each column of the view representing an object type of the network object database.