User's request reflecting design system and method thereof

• US 20010055023A1
• Filed: 02/13/2001
• Published: 12/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hasegawa, Takumi
• Granted Patent: US 7,587,301 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/581
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2111/02 CAD in a network environment, e.g. collaborative CAD or distributed simulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization

Abstract

A design data publicizing processing unit publicizes public design data and an editing program file to users through a network connected and based on personal information recited in an electronic mail received through the network, a received mail processing unit classifies user correction data attached to the received mail and registers the data in a user correction data DB, and user correction data stored in the user correction data DB is referred to or used as design data in product designing.

Claims

1. A user'"'"'s request reflecting design system for timely and accurately reflecting users′

requests on a product, comprising;

design data publicizing means for publicizing design data to users through a computer network;

correction data receiving means for receiving and storing correction data as said design data corrected by a user through said computer network; and

design assisting means for reflecting said correction data received by said correction data receiving means on product design.

2. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said design data is three-dimensional data.

3. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said design data publicizing means including

public design data prepared in advance to be publicized among said design data,

an editing program file for editing said public design data, and

a design data publicizing processing unit responsive to a request from a terminal connected to said computer network for transferring said public design data and said editing program file to said terminal.

4. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said design data publicizing means including

public design data prepared in advance to be publicized among said design data,

an editing program file for editing said public design data, and

a design data publicizing processing unit responsive to a request from a terminal connected to said computer network for transferring said public design data and said editing program file to said terminal, and wherein

said editing program file enables editing of three-dimensional data.

5. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said correction data receiving means including

a data base for registering said correction data, and

a received mail processing unit for receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering and storing said correction data in said data base.

6. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said design data publicizing means including

public design data prepared in advance to be publicized among said design data,

an editing program file for editing said public design data, and

a design data publicizing processing unit responsive to a request from a terminal connected to said computer network for transferring said public design data and said editing program file to said terminal, and

said correction data receiving means including

a data base for registering said correction data, and

a received mail processing unit for receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering and storing said correction data in said data base.

7. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said correction data receiving means including

a data base for registering said correction data, and

a received mail processing unit for receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering and storing said correction data in said data base,

said received mail processing unit

classifying said correction data attached and registering said correction data in said data base based on personal information of a user recited in said electronic mail.

8. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said design data publicizing means including

public design data prepared in advance to be publicized among said design data,

an editing program file for editing said public design data, and

a design data publicizing processing unit responsive to a request from a terminal connected to said computer network for transferring said public design data and said editing program file to said terminal, and

said correction data receiving means including

a data base for registering said correction data, and

a received mail processing unit for receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering and storing said correction data in said data base,

said received mail processing unit

classifying said correction data attached and registering said correction data in said data base based on personal information of a user recited in said electronic mail.

9. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said design data publicizing processing unit including

information entry selecting means allowing a user to select either information entry in the form of a menu or transfer of said public design data and said editing program file.

10. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein

said correction data receiving means including

a data base for registering said correction data, and

a received mail processing unit for receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering and storing said correction data in said data base, and

in creation of said design data by said design assisting means, said correction data registered in said data base is used.

11. A user'"'"'s request reflecting design method of timely and accurately reflecting users′

requests on a product, comprising the steps of;

publicizing design data to users through a computer network;

receiving correction data as said design data corrected by a user through said computer network; and

reflecting said correction data received on product design.

12. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design method as set forth in

claim 11

, wherein

said design data publicizing step including the step of

in response to a request from a terminal connected to said computer network, transferring public design data prepared in advance to be publicized among said design data and an editing program file for editing said public design data to said terminal.

13. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design method as set forth in

claim 11

, wherein

said correction data receiving step including the step of

receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering said correction data in a data base for registering said correction data.

14. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design method as set forth in

claim 11

, wherein

said design data publicizing step including the step of

in response to a request from a terminal connected to said computer network, transferring public design data prepared in advance to be publicized among said design data and an editing program file for editing said public design data to said terminal, and

said correction data receiving step including the step of

receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering said correction data in a data base for registering said correction data.

15. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design method as set forth in

claim 11

, wherein

said correction data receiving step including the steps of

receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached, and

classifying said correction data attached and registering said correction data in said data base based on personal information of a user recited in said electronic mail.

16. The user'"'"'s request reflecting design method as set forth in

claim 11

, wherein

said design data publicizing step including the step of

in response to a request from a terminal connected to said computer network, transferring public design data prepared in advance to be publicized among said design data and an editing program file for editing said public design data to said terminal, and

said correction data receiving step including the step of

receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached, classifying said correction data attached and registering said correction data in said data base based on personal information of a user recited in said electronic mail.

17. A server of a user'"'"'s request reflecting design system for timely and accurately reflecting users′

requests on a product, comprising;

design data publicizing means for publicizing design data to users through a computer network; and

correction data receiving means for receiving correction data as said design data corrected by a user through said computer network and storing said correction data so as to be usable by design assisting means for reflecting said correction data on product design.

18. The server of a user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 17

, wherein

said design data publicizing means including

public design data prepared in advance to be publicized among said design data,

an editing program file for editing said public design data, and

a design data publicizing processing unit responsive to a request from a terminal connected to said computer network for transferring said public design data and said editing program file to said terminal.

19. The server of a user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 17

, wherein

said correction data receiving means including

a data base for registering said correction data, and

a received mail processing unit for receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering and storing said correction data in said data base.

20. The server of a user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 17

, wherein

said design data publicizing means including

public design data prepared in advance to be publicized among said design data,

an editing program file for editing said public design data, and

a design data publicizing processing unit responsive to a request from a terminal connected to said computer network for transferring said public design data and said editing program file to said terminal, and

said correction data receiving means including

a data base for registering said correction data, and

a received mail processing unit for receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering and storing said correction data in said data base.

21. The server of a user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 17

, wherein

said correction data receiving means including

a data base for registering said correction data, and

a received mail processing unit for receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering and storing said correction data in said data base,

said received mail processing unit

classifying said correction data attached and registering said correction data in said data base based on personal information of a user recited in said electronic mail.

22. The server of a user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 17

, wherein

said design data publicizing means including

public design data prepared in advance to be publicized among said design data,

an editing program file for editing said public design data, and

a design data publicizing processing unit responsive to a request from a terminal connected to said computer network for transferring said public design data and said editing program file to said terminal, and

said correction data receiving means including

a data base for registering said correction data, and

a received mail processing unit for receiving an electronic mail to which said correction data is attached and registering and storing said correction data in said data base,

said received mail processing unit

classifying said correction data attached and registering said correction data in said data base based on personal information of a user recited in said electronic mail.

23. The server of a user'"'"'s request reflecting design system as set forth in

claim 17

, wherein

said design data publicizing processing unit including

information entry selecting means allowing a user to select either information entry in the form of a menu or transfer of said public design data and said editing program file.