Prior Art submitted for Displaying group icons representing respective groups of nodes http://peertopatent.org/patent/83/prior_art/list Information is displayed regarding an arrangement of nodes coupled by a communications network. The nodes are associated with corresponding characteristics. Plural groups of the nodes are defined based on the characteristics associated with the nodes. Group icons representing the respective groups of nodes are displayed. en-us US Patent 6952208 Method for displaying supersets of node groups in a network Displaying group icons representing respective groups of nodes Patent/Application #: 6952208<br/>Description: A method of displaying nodes within a network topology. Using a processor coupled to a display screen, the method involves forming a first layer of a multi-layer representation wherein at least two nodes are represented separately; and grouping the nodes of the first layer into group nodes to form a second layer in the multi-layer representation. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:14:05 -0700 http://peertopatent.org/prior_art/219/detail