Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022150135-A1
Application number	US-202017431909-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 2, 2020
Priority date	Sep 12, 2019
Publication date	May 12, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a display controller. The display controller controls a display of a flow by displaying, on a topology of a network, a symbol indicating data that flows in the network, the flow being the flowing of the data in the network. The display controller changes a display mode for the symbol for each type of the data.

First claim

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising a display controller that controls a display of a flow by displaying, on a topology of a network, a symbol indicating data that flows in the network, the flow being the flowing of the data in the network, and changes a display mode for the symbol for each type of the data.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller controls a display of an entire topology and a display of a partial topology, the entire topology corresponding to the entire network, the partial topology corresponding to a portion of the network.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the partial topology is a topology of a portion related to some of the flows in the network.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the some of the flows are flows that each pass through a specific device, a specific switch, or a specific interface in the network.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the some of the flows are flows that each correspond to a specific type of data.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein when a portion of the entire topology is specified, the display controller performs control such that the partial topology related to a flow that passes through the specified portion is displayed.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein when the display controller displays the entire topology, the display controller unifies display modes for the symbols, and when the display controller displays the partial topology, the display controller differentiates among the display modes for the symbols according to a type of the data.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display controller changes a layout in which a topology is displayed, according to whether the displayed topology is the entire topology or the partial topology.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein according to a display size or a display magnification of the topology, or according to the number of types of the data, the display controller switches between unifying display modes for the symbols and differentiating among the display modes for the symbols according to a type of the data.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller controls a display of the topology such that an anomalous portion in which an anomaly has been detected in the network is highlighted.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the display controller controls a display of a partial topology that is a topology corresponding to a portion related to the anomalous portion in the network.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein when the anomaly has been detected in the network, the display controller starts the display of the partial topology.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller controls a report of an anomaly detected in the network.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein using the topology and the symbol, the display controller controls a display of a current state of the network and a display of a state of the network at a specified date and time in times past.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein when an anomaly has been detected in the network in a state in which the flow in the network in times past is displayed, the display controller performs control such that the current state of the network is displayed.

16 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a type of the data is classified by at least one of an address of a transmission destination of the data or an address of a transmission source of the data.

17 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus controls a display of a list of information related to a plurality of the flows each corresponding to a plurality of types of the data.

18 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus controls a display of states of a switch and a device that are related to a flow selected from a plurality of the flows each corresponding to a plurality of types of the data.

19 . An information processing method that is performed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:
controlling a display of a flow by displaying, on a topology of a network, a symbol indicating data that flows in the network, the flow being the flowing of the data in the network; and changing a display mode for the symbol for each type of the data.

20 . A program that causes a computer to perform a process comprising:
controlling a display of a flow by displaying, on a topology of a network, a symbol indicating data that flows in the network, the flow being the flowing of the data in the network; and changing a display mode for the symbol for each type of the data.

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Sakaki Kazunori
• Choki Yuta
• Ranatunga Vijitha
• Kosaka Yoshihiro

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• H04L41/122

  of virtualised topologies, e.g. software-defined networks [SDN] or network function virtualisation [NFV] · CPC title

• H04L41/22 Primary

  comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• H04L43/0876

  Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level · CPC title

• H04L43/045

  for graphical visualisation of monitoring data · CPC title