Interactive display system for sequential retrieval and display of a plurality of interrelated data sets

Claim 2

In a computer network, a method for interactively retrieving and displaying on a viewer's computer a plurality of data sets each including one or more data elements stored in a remote repository wherein the data elements in a first data set are associated with the data elements in one or more second data sets, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request from the viewer's computer for the display of the first data set; retrieving the data elements of said first data set from said remote repository in response to said receiving step; displaying said first data set on said viewer's computer, said displayed first data set including said one or more data elements, each of said displayed one or more data elements including a dynamic link to one or more of said second data sets, said dynamic links responsive to interactions from the viewer of said displayed first data set; receiving an interaction at the viewer's computer from a viewer of said displayed first data set, said interaction indicating one of said data elements having said dynamic link to one or more of said second data sets; retrieving the data elements of said one or more dynamic linked second data sets from said repository as indicated by the received interaction; and displaying said one or more second data sets having said associated data elements therein; said plurality of data sets including data elements related to the implementation of a computer related process; said computer related process corresponding to the responses of a monitored application program running on a server computer in a network of computers to service requests from a client computer in said network of computers; and said data sets further including said data elements coresponding to the response times of said monitored application program running on said server computer to said service requests, said response times being recorded at the client computer.

Claim 3

A method according to claim 1 wherein the data elements of the dynamically linked second data sets are components of the data elements of the first data set.

Claim 4

A method according to claim 1 wherein the data elements of the first data set are components of the associated data elements within the one or more dynamic linked second data sets.

Claim 5

A method according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of data sets may be displayed via graphical representations of said data sets or via tabular representations of said data sets and wherein the graphical representations and the tabular representations are dynamically linked to one another.

Claim 6

A method according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of data sets may be displayed via graphical representations of said data sets and wherein the graphical representations further include an interactive mechanism through which the viewer may expand or contract the scales of the graphical representations.

Claim 7

A method according to claim 1 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to the response times of said monitored application program running on a plurality of said server computers and wherein said one or more second data sets each include the response times of said monitored application program running on one of said plurality of server computers.

Claim 8

A method according to claim 1 wherein the data elements correspond to a range of response times recorded during one or more defined time intervals.

Claim 9

A method according to claim 7 wherein the range of response times is displayed as a bar on a bar graph the displayed bar extending from a point on said bar graph representing a minimum response time to a point of said bar graph representing a maximum response time.

Claim 10

A method according to claim 7 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to said range of response times of said monitored application program running on said server computer to said client computers in the network for one or more of said defined time intervals and wherein said one or more second data sets each correspond to said range of response times of said monitored application program running on said server computer to said client computer in the network for a portion of one or more of said defined time intervals.

Claim 11

A method according to claim 1 wherein if said monitored application program response fulfills the service request a successful response to the service request is recorded and wherein said data elements in the data sets correspond to the percentage of successful responses recorded over one or more defined time intervals.

Claim 12

A method according to claim 10 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over said one or more defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on a plurality of said server computers to one or more of said client computers in the network and wherein said one or more second data sets each include said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over one or more of said defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on one of said plurality of server computers.

Claim 13

A method according to claim 10 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over one or more defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on said server computer to said client computers in the network and wherein said one or more second data sets each include said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over a portion of said one or more defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on said server computer.

Claim 14

In a computer network, an apparatus for interactively retrieving and displaying on a viewer's computer a plurality of data sets each including one or more data elements stored in a remote repository wherein the data elements in a first data set are associated with the data elements in one or more second data sets, the apparatus comprising: means for retrieving the data elements of said first data set from said remote repository in response to said receiving step; means for displaying said first data set on said viewer's computer, said displayed first data set including said one or more data elements, each of said displayed one or more data elements including a dynamic link to one or more of said second data sets, said dynamic links responsive to interactions from the viewer of said displayed first data set; means for receiving an interaction at the viewer's computer from a viewer of said displayed first data set; said interaction indicating one of said data elements having said dynamic link to one or more of said second data sets; means for retrieving the data elements of said one or more dynamic linked second data sets from said repository as indicated by the received interaction; and means for displaying said one or more second data sets having said associated data elements therein; said plurality of data sets including data elements related to the implementation of a computer related process; said computer related process corresponding to the responses of a monitored application program running on a server computer in a network of computers to service requests from a client computer in said network of computers; and said first data set further including said data elements corresponding to the response times of said monitored application program running on a plurality of said server computers and wherein said one or more second data sets each include the response times of said monitored application program running on one of said plurality of server computers.

Claim 15

In a computer network, an apparatus for interactively retrieving and displaying on a viewer's computer a plurality of data sets each including one or more data elements stored in a remote repository wherein the data elements in a first data set are associated with the data elements in one or more second data sets, the apparatus comprising: means for retrieving the data elements of said first data set from said remote repository in response to said receiving step; means for displaying said first data set on said viewer's computer, said displayed first data set including said one or more data elements, each of said displayed one or more data elements including a dynamic link to one or more of said second data sets, said dynamic links responsive to interactions from the viewer of said displayed first data set; means for receiving an interaction at the viewer's computer from a viewer of said displayed first data set; said interaction indicating one of said data elements having said dynamic link to one or more of said second data sets; means for retrieving the data elements of said one or more dynamic linked second data sets from said repository as indicated by the received interaction; and means for displaying said one or more second data sets having said associated data elements therein; said plurality of data sets including data elements related to the implementation of a computer related process; said computer related process corresponding to the responses of a monitored application program running on a server computer in a network of computers to service requests from a client computer in said network of computers; and said first data set further including said data elements corresponding to the response times of said monitored application program running on a plurality of said server computers and wherein said one or more second data sets each include the response times of said monitored application program running on one of said plurality of server computers.

Claim 16

An apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the data elements of the dynamically linked second data sets are components of the data elements of the first data set.

Claim 17

An apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the data elements of the first data set are components of the associated data elements within the one or more dynamic linked second data sets.

Claim 18

An apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the plurality of data sets may be displayed via graphical representations of said data sets or via tabular representations of said data sets and wherein the graphical representations and the tabular representations are dynamically linked to one another.

Claim 19

An apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the plurality of data sets may be displayed via graphical representations of said data sets and wherein the graphical representations further include an interactive mechanism through which the viewer may expand or contract the scales of the graphical representations.

Claim 20

An apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the data sets include said data elements corresponding to the response times of said monitored application program running on said server computer to said service requests, said response times being recorded at the client computer.

Claim 21

An apparatus according to claim 18 wherein the data elements correspond to a range of response times recorded during one or more defined time intervals.

Claim 22

An apparatus according to claim 19 wherein the range of response times is displayed as a bar on a bar graph the displayed bar extending from a point on said bar graph representing a minimum response time to a point of said bar graph representing a maximum response time.

Claim 23

An apparatus according to claim 19 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to said range of response times of said monitored application program running on said server computer to said client computers in the network for one or more of said defined time intervals and wherein said one or more second data sets each correspond to said range of response times of said monitored application program running on said server computer to said client computer in the network for a portion of one or more of said defined time intervals.

Claim 24

An apparatus according to claim 13 wherein if said monitored application program response fulfills the service request a successful response to the service request is recorded and wherein said data elements in the data sets correspond to the percentage of successful responses recorded over one or more defined time intervals.

Claim 25

An apparatus according to claim 22 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over said one or more defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on a plurality of said server computers to one or more of said client computers in the network and wherein said one or more second data sets each include said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over one or more of said defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on one of said plurality of server computers.

Claim 26

An apparatus according to claim 22 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over one or more defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on said server computer to said client computers in the network and wherein said one or more second data sets each include said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over a portion of said one or more defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on said server computer.

Claim 27

A program storage device readable by a digital processing apparatus and tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the digital processing apparatus to perform method steps within a computer network for interactively retrieving and displaying on a viewer's computer a plurality of data sets each including one or more data elements stored in a remote repository wherein the data elements in a first data set are asociated with the data elements in one or more second data sets, the method comprising the steps of; receiving a request from the viewer's computer for the display of the first data set; retrieving the data elements of said first data set from said remote repository in response to said receiving step; displaying said first data set on said viewer's computer, said displayed first data set including said one or more data elements, each of said displayed one or more data elements including a dynamic link to one or more of said second data sets, said dynamic links responsive to interactions from the viewer of said displayed first data set; receiving an interaction at the viewer's computer from a viewer of said displayed first data set, said interaction indicating one of said data elements having said dynamic link to one or more of said second data sets; retrieving the data elements of said one or more dynamic linked second data sets from said repository as indicated by the received interaction; and displaying said one or more second date sets having said associated data elements therein; said plurality of data sets including data elements related to the implementation of a computer related process; said data sets further including said data elements corresponding to the response times of said monitored application program running on said server computer to said service requests, said response times being recorded at the client computer.

Claim 28

A program storage device readable by a digital processing apparatus and tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the digital processing apparatus to perform method steps within a computer network for interactively retrieving and displaying on a viewer's computer a plurality of data sets each including one or more data elements stored in a remote repository wherein the data elements in a first data set are asociated with the data elements in one or more second data sets, the method comprising the steps of; receiving a request from the viewer's computer for the display of the first data set; retrieving the data elements of said first data set from said remote repository in response to said receiving step; displaying said first data set on said viewer's computer, said displayed first data set including said one or more data elements, each of said displayed one or more data elements including a dynamic link to one or more of said second data sets, said dynamic links responsive to interactions from the viewer of said displayed first data set; receiving an interaction at the viewer's computer from a viewer of said displayed first data set, said interaction indicating one of said data elements having said dynamic link to one or more of said second data sets; retrieving the data elements of said one or more dynamic linked second data sets from said repository as indicated by the received interaction; and displaying said one or more second date sets having said associated data elements therein; said plurality of data sets including data elements related to the implementation of a computer related process; said data sets further including said data elements corresponding to the response times of said monitored application program running on said server computer to said service requests, said response times being recorded at the client computer.

Claim 29

A program storage device according to claim 25 wherein the data elements of the dynamically linked second data sets are components of the data elements of the first data set.

Claim 30

A program storage device according to claim 25 wherein the data elements of the first data set are components of the associated data elements within the one or more dynamic linked second data sets.

Claim 31

A program storage device according to claim 25 wherein the plurality of data sets may be displayed via graphical representations of said data sets or via tabular representations of said data sets and wherein the graphical representations and the tabular representations are dynamically linked to one another.

Claim 32

A program storage device according to claim 25 wherein the plurality of data sets may be displayed via graphical representations of said data sets and wherein the graphical representations further include an interactive mechanism through which the viewer may expand or contract the scales of the graphical representations.

Claim 33

A program storage device according to claim 25 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to the response times of said monitored application program running on a plurality of said server computers and wherein said one or more second data sets each include the response times of said monitored application program running on one of said plurality of server computers.

Claim 34

A program storage device according to claim 25 wherein the data elements correspond to a range of response times recorded during one or more defined time intervals.

Claim 35

A program storage device according to claim 31 wherein the range of response times is displayed as a bar on a bar graph the displayed bar extending from a point on said bar graph representing a minimum response time to a point of said bar graph representing a maximum response time.

Claim 36

A program storage device according to claim 31 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to said range of response times of said monitored application program running on said server computer to said client computers in the network for one or more of said defined time intervals and wherein said one or more second data sets each correspond to said range of response times of said monitored application program running on said server computer to said client computer in the network for a portion of one or more of said defined time intervals.

Claim 37

A program storage device according to claim 25 wherein if said monitored application program response fulfills the service request a successful response to the service request is recorded and wherein said data elements in the data sets correspond to the percentage of successful responses recorded over one or more defined time intervals.

Claim 38

A program storage device according to claim 34 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over said one or more defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on a plurality of said server computers to one or more of said client computers in the network and wherein said one or more second data sets each include said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over one or more of said defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on one of said plurality of server computers.

Claim 39

A program storage device according to claim 34 wherein said first data set includes said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over one or more defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on said server computer to said client computers in the network and wherein said one or more second data sets each include said data elements corresponding to the percentage of successful responses recorded over a portion of said one or more defined time intervals from said monitored application program running on said server computer.