Method, system and program product that utilize a hierarchical conceptual framework to model an environment containing a collection of items
First Claim
1. A method of modeling an environment containing a collection of items, said method comprising:
- providing an environmental hierarchy describing a modeled environment;
providing a product catalog that includes data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment;
providing a configuration library that includes data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among said plurality of items in said product catalog; and
permitting population of said modeled environment by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between said environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including said first item.
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Abstract
A method, system and program product for modeling an environment containing a collection of items are disclosed. In accordance with the method, an environmental hierarchy describing a model environment, a product catalog containing data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment, and a configuration library containing data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among the plurality of items in the product catalog are created. The modeled environment is then populated by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between the environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including the first item.
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1. A method of modeling an environment containing a collection of items, said method comprising:
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providing an environmental hierarchy describing a modeled environment;
providing a product catalog that includes data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment;
providing a configuration library that includes data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among said plurality of items in said product catalog; and
permitting population of said modeled environment by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between said environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including said first item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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25. A data processing system, comprising:
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a processor;
data storage coupled to the processor;
a modeling tool stored in said data storage and executable by said processor, said modeling tool including;
means for creating an environmental hierarchy describing a modeled environment;
means for creating a product catalog for containing data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment;
means for creating a configuration library for containing data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among said plurality of items in said product catalog; and
means for populating said modeled environment by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between said environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including said first item.
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48. A program product, comprising:
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a computer usable medium; and
a modeling tool encoded within said computer usable medium and executable by a computer system, said modeling tool including;
means for creating an environmental hierarchy describing a modeled environment;
means for creating a product catalog that contains data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment;
means for creating a configuration library that contains data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among said plurality of items in said product catalog; and
means for populating said modeled environment by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between said environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including said first item.
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