(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2002/0149601 Al
Rajarajan et al. (43) Pub. Date: Oct. 17,2002
(54) USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE NETWORK RESOURCES
(76) Inventors: Vij Rajarajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Kishnan Nedungadi, Rio De Janeiro
(BR); Brijesh Bhatia, Redmond, WA
(US); Casey Kiernan, Kirkland, WA
(US); Mel MacMahon, Kirkland, WA
(US); Anandha Ganesan, Kirkland,
WA (US); James Johnston, Redmond,
WA (US); Lauren Gallagher,
Redmond, WA (US); Kevin Hodge,
Bellerue, WA (US); Tom Martino,
Everett, WA (US); Cary Rohwer,
Duvall, WA (US); Andrew Hayes,
Seattle, WA (US); Annette B. Hall,
Bellevue, WA (US); Audrius Zimnicks,
Vilnius (LT)
Correspondence Address:
MERCHANT & GOULD P.C.
P.O. Box 2903
Minneapolis, MN 55402-0903 (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 10/014,120
(22) Filed: Dec. 11, 2001
Related U.S. Application Data
(60) Provisional application No. 60/255,044, filed on Dec. 11, 2000. Provisional application No. 60/255,051, filed on Dec. 11, 2000. Provisional application No.
60/255,238, filed on Dec. 11,2000. Provisional application No. 60/255,041, filed on Dec. 11, 2000. Provisional application No. 60/255,153, filed on Dec. 11, 2000. Provisional application No. 60/255,043, filed on Dec. 11,2000. Provisional application No. 60/255, 050, filed on Dec. 11, 2000. Provisional application No. 60/255,042, filed on Dec. 11, 2000. Provisional application No. 60/255,052, filed on Dec. 11, 2000.
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G09G 5 00
(52) U.S. C I 345/619
(57) ABSTRACT
A method and system for displaying information related to a plurality of resources in a network environment. The system uses web technology to receive and store information related to back-end resources and to provide a framework by which client computer systems can manage the plurality of back-end resources in a uniform manner. In accordance with one method, a request is received to display object information from different network resources. In response, attribute and task information is retrieved from the appropriate different network resources and this information is displayed. A graphical user interface (GUI) displays information related to network resource objects. The GUI includes a console displaying a tool zone and a work zone. A module is displayed in the work zone having an object zone displaying a list of objects and a task zone displaying a list of tasks.
