GUI Endpoint Interface for Network Event Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional graphical user interfaces struggle to effectively visualize and manage large volumes of information, particularly in the context of events across multiple endpoints in a network, such as virus or malware outbreaks, making it difficult for users to identify and respond to security incidents.
Innovation Solution
A method for presenting information on a graphical user interface that includes displaying an endpoint interface with a deployment map, highlighting detected events, and providing a heat map to indicate event severity, along with options for remedial measures, allowing users to track and respond to events across the network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional graphical user interface techniques are used to display network event information, then the interface structure is simple, but the ability to visualize and manage large volumes of information is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into multiple functional layers: deployment map layer for spatial visualization, event layer for incident display, heat map layer for severity indication, and remedial measures layer for response actions. Each layer handles specific information types, allowing comprehensive data presentation while maintaining organizational simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional flat 2D interface displays to a multi-dimensional visualization approach by overlaying events and heat maps on a spatial deployment map, adding depth and contextual layers to the information presentation without complicating the underlying interface structure
2Loss of information
If detailed event information is displayed for all endpoints, then complete information is provided, but the interface becomes cluttered and difficult to interpret
Solution Approach 1:
Different levels of information detail are provided based on local needs: the heat map provides aggregated severity information for quick assessment, while individual event details and remedial measures are displayed only when users interact with specific endpoints, ensuring information completeness without overwhelming the interface
Solution Approach 2:
The heat map uses color variations to encode event severity levels, allowing users to quickly interpret the state of multiple endpoints at a glance. Color-coded indicators provide immediate visual cues about which endpoints require attention, making the interface easily interpretable while maintaining complete event information
3Measurement precision
If real-time monitoring of all endpoints is implemented, then complete event detection is achieved, but the system requires significant processing resources
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements partial monitoring by first displaying aggregated heat map information for all endpoints, then activating detailed real-time monitoring and event display only for endpoints that show elevated severity levels, reducing overall processing resource consumption while maintaining accurate event detection for critical cases
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically prioritizes processing resources based on event severity levels indicated by the heat map, allocating more computational resources to high-severity endpoints that require detailed monitoring while using minimal resources for low-severity endpoints, achieving efficient resource utilization with complete event detection capability
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AI summary
Techniques for presenting information on a graphical user interface are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for presenting information on a graphical user interface including displaying an endpoint interface via the graphical user interface on a display unit, determining whether an event mode for the endpoint interface has been selected, displaying the endpoint interface in the event mode when the event mode has been selected, determining whether an event has been detected, and displaying the detected event on the endpoint interface in the event mode when the event has been detected.