Online data management system

• US 10,496,710 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
• Inventors: Wei, Jerome H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Saeed, Usmaan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiu, Katriel Y
• Application Number:
  US14/699,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20170300572A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,679 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9024 Graphs; Linked lists G06F16/9027 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/315 Object-oriented languages
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/37 Compiler construction; Parser generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects

Abstract

An online data management (ODM) system can be configured to parse tool data for a particular project provided from a plurality of disparate software tools employed for project management. The ODM system can also be configured to generate a data structure based on the tool data, wherein the data structure comprises a hierarchy of interconnected objects. The ODM system can further be configured to identify relationships between objects of the data structure.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine readable medium having machine executable instructions comprising an online data management (ODM) system being configured to:

parse tool data for a particular project provided from a plurality of disparate software tools employed for project management, wherein each tool is a modular software system component and has a unique functionality;

generate a data structure based on the tool data, wherein the data structure comprises a hierarchy of interconnected objects, the objects corresponding to a plurality of different modular software system components that cooperate to implement a project, wherein the data structure is stored in a relational database; and

identify relationships between objects of the data structure;

parse using a query engine of the ODM system the data structure for relationships between objects based on a query request;

generate web data that characterizes the data structure, wherein the web data comprises a plurality of links to access the plurality of disparate software tools; and

causing execution of a file associated with one of the plurality of disparate software tools upon selection of a given link.

2. The medium of claim 1, wherein each of the disparate software tools outputs data in a different format.

3. The medium of claim 1, wherein the tool data comprises complex modeling system (CMS) tool data characterizing system models of software and hardware employed in the particular project.

4. The medium of claim 1, wherein the tool data comprises documentation data that characterizes in-line documentation of source code for the particular project.

5. The medium of claim 1, wherein the tool data comprises diagram-flow data that characterizes a data flow structure of tasks in the particular project.

6. The medium of claim 1, wherein the tool data comprises issue-bug-tracking data that characterizes reports of software bugs in the particular project.

7. The medium of claim 1, wherein the tool data comprises project data that characterizes a list of tasks for the particular project and percentage of completion of each of the tasks.

8. The medium of claim 1, wherein the tool data comprises:

complex modeling system (CMS) tool data characterizing system models of software and hardware employed in the particular project;

documentation data that characterizes in-line documentation of source code for the particular project;

diagram-flow data that characterizes a data flow structure of tasks in the particular project;

issue-bug-tracking data that characterizes reports of software bugs in the particular project; and

project data that characterizes a list of tasks for the particular project and percentage of completion of each of the tasks.

9. The medium of claim 1, wherein the ODM system comprises an analytics engine to update a given object of the data structure based on an analytical analysis of a plurality of other objects in the data structure.

10. The medium of claim 9, wherein the analytical analysis comprises a determination of a percentage that a task of the particular project is completed.

11. The medium of claim 1, wherein the ODM system further comprises a converter configured to generate the web data based on the data structure.

12. The medium of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of links are associated with a set of the interconnected objects of the data structure.

13. One or more computing devices that execute an online data management (ODM) system, the ODM system comprising:

an association engine configured to;

parse tool data received from a plurality of different software tools that are employed to implement a particular project, wherein each of the different software tools generates data in a different format, and wherein each tool is a modular software system component and has a unique functionality; and

index the tool data to form a data structure with interconnected objects arranged in a hierarchical graph, the objects corresponding to a plurality of different modular software system components that cooperate to implement a project, wherein the association engine is configured to determine relationships between objects of the data structure based on at least one of keywords and user input;

a converter configured to generate web data that characterizes the data structure, wherein the web data includes a plurality of links to access the plurality of different software tools and wherein upon selection of a given link of the plurality of link causes execution of a file associated with one of the plurality of different software tools; and

a search engine configured to search the data structure for relationships between objects based on an input query.

14. A method comprising:

receiving tool data from a plurality of different software tools employed in a project, wherein each tool is a modular software system component and has a unique functionality;

indexing the tool data to form a data structure having a plurality of objects hierarchically interconnected, the objects corresponding to a plurality of different modular software system components that cooperate to implement a project;

determining relationships between the objects of the data structure based on at least one of keywords and user input;

generating web data that characterizes the data structure, wherein the web data comprises a plurality of links to access the plurality of different software tools; and

causing execution of a file associated with one of the plurality of different software tools upon selection of a given link.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the given link of the plurality of links is associated with a given object of the plurality of objects.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising updating the tool data based on an analytical analysis of a set of the plurality of objects of the tool data.