System and process for gathering recording and validating requirments for computer applications
First Claim
1. A method for collecting and validating requirements for a proposed computer application, comprising:
- creating a plurality of simulated pages for the proposed computer application at least partly in response to user actions;
receiving a plurality of requirements for the proposed computer application;
creating a plurality of user interface components for the proposed computer application;
in response to at least a first user action, associating one or more requirements with at least one of the simulated pages and user interface components to form a plurality of user interface component requirement associations; and
displaying on a computer screen in a computer viewable document;
the simulated pages;
the user interface components appearing on the simulated pages;
the requirements associated with the simulated pages; and
the requirements associated with the user interface;
components, wherein review of the computer viewable document enables a user to determine whether said requirements are valid statements of the needs and desires for the proposed computer application.
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Abstract
The system includes a novel software application (82) operative to use the modeling language to create, read and modify interactive representation models of the proposed applications, a memory (86) to store requirement data and interactive representation model data, a software application (92) operative to read and update the interactive representation model data across a computer network, a software application (76) operative to maintain a record of the requirements and to administer operation of the system, a software application (78) operative to render interactive representations of the proposed applications in browser readable format, a software application (82) operative to allow multiple instances of other applications to access interact representation data and requirement data residing in the memory and a software application (84) operative to allow an individual user'"'"'s interactions with the system to be broadcast across a networked system to other users.
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98 Claims
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1. A method for collecting and validating requirements for a proposed computer application, comprising:
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creating a plurality of simulated pages for the proposed computer application at least partly in response to user actions;
receiving a plurality of requirements for the proposed computer application;
creating a plurality of user interface components for the proposed computer application;
in response to at least a first user action, associating one or more requirements with at least one of the simulated pages and user interface components to form a plurality of user interface component requirement associations; and
displaying on a computer screen in a computer viewable document;
the simulated pages;
the user interface components appearing on the simulated pages;
the requirements associated with the simulated pages; and
the requirements associated with the user interface;
components, wherein review of the computer viewable document enables a user to determine whether said requirements are valid statements of the needs and desires for the proposed computer application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system that simulates and validates behavior for a proposed computer application, the computer system comprising:
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a first component configured to interact with user actions, wherein the first component is further configured to create a plurality of simulated pages for the proposed computer application at least partly in response to the user actions;
a second component configured to receive a plurality of requirements for the proposed computer application;
a third component configured to create a plurality of user interface components for the proposed computer application;
a fourth component configured to respond to at least a first user action and to associate one or more requirements with at least one of the simulated pages and user interface components to form a plurality of user interface component requirement associations in response to the first user action; and
a first component configured to generate a display of a computer viewable document, wherein the computer viewable document comprises;
the simulated pages;
the user interface components appearing on the simulated pages;
the requirements associated with the simulated pages; and
the requirements associated with the user interface components, wherein review of the computer viewable document enables a user to determine whether said requirements are valid statements of the needs and desires for the proposed computer application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of simulating a computer application that is to be developed and validating requirements for the computer application, the method comprising:
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displaying on a computer display an interactive simulation area comprising one or more user interface components;
displaying on the computer display a requirements area comprising one or more requirements; and
associating the one or more user interface components with the one or more requirements such that a user interface component displayed in the simulation area is visually associated with a displayed requirement of the requirements area. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of simulating and validating behavior for a computer application that is to be developed, the method comprising:
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displaying on an electronic display an interactive simulation area comprising one or more user interface components that simulate a behavior of the computer application to be developed;
displaying a requirements area comprising one or more statements, where a statement describes a desired behavior for a user interface component; and
associating the one or more user interface components with the one or more statements such that a user interface component displayed in the simulation area is associated with a displayed statement of the requirements area. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A computer system that simulates and validates behavior for a computer application that is to be developed, the computer system comprising:
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a first component configured to generate a display of an interactive simulation area comprising one or more user interface components that simulate a behavior of the computer application to be developed, wherein the first component is further configured to generate a display of a requirements area comprising one or more statements, where a statement describes a desired behavior for a user interface component; and
a second component configured to associate the one or more user interface components with the one or more statements such that a user interface component displayed in the simulation area is associated with a displayed statement of the requirements area. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92)
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93. A computer system that is configured to simulate and validate behavior for a computer application that is to be developed, the computer system comprising:
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a means for displaying on an electronic display an interactive simulation area comprising one or more user interface components that simulate a behavior of the computer application to be developed;
a means for displaying a requirements area comprising one or more statements, where a statement describes a desired behavior for a user interface component; and
a means for associating the one or more user interface components with the one or more statements such that a user interface component displayed in the simulation area is associated with a displayed statement of the requirements area. - View Dependent Claims (94, 95)
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96. A first computer program embodied in a tangible medium for simulating and validating behavior for a second computer application that is to be developed, the first computer program comprising:
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instructions configured to display on an electronic display an interactive simulation area comprising one or more user interface components that simulate a behavior of the second computer application to be developed;
instructions configured to display a requirements area comprising one or more statements, where a statement describes a desired behavior for a user interface component; and
instructions configured to associate the one or more user interface components with the one or more statements such that a user interface component displayed in the simulation area is associated with a displayed statement of the requirements area. - View Dependent Claims (97, 98)
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