Method and apparatus for providing access to drawing information
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system for providing access to a drawing comprising:
- a server computer having one or more server component applications;
one or more drawing files created by a first drawing application, wherein said one or more drawing files are stored on the server computer;
a search server component application executing on the server computer, wherein the search server component application is configured to provide a query engine that allows queries of the one or more drawing files to locate data; and
a conversion server component application executing on the server computer, wherein the conversion server component application is configured to dynamically convert one or more of the drawing files into a drawing file format viewable by a client application executing on a client computer, wherein the one or more server component applications are configured to provide the one or more drawing files that have been dynamically converted to the client computer.
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Abstract
A computer implemented system, method, and article of manufacture provide access to a drawing. A server computer has one or more server component applications. One or more drawing files are created by a first drawing application and stored on the server computer. A search server component application executes on the server computer and provides a query engine that allows queries of the one or more drawing files to locate data. A conversion server component application executes on the server computer and dynamically convert the drawing files into a drawing file format viewable by a client application executing on a client compute. The server component applications are further configured to provide the one or more drawing files that have been dynamically converted to the client computer.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer implemented system for providing access to a drawing comprising:
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a server computer having one or more server component applications;
one or more drawing files created by a first drawing application, wherein said one or more drawing files are stored on the server computer;
a search server component application executing on the server computer, wherein the search server component application is configured to provide a query engine that allows queries of the one or more drawing files to locate data; and
a conversion server component application executing on the server computer, wherein the conversion server component application is configured to dynamically convert one or more of the drawing files into a drawing file format viewable by a client application executing on a client computer, wherein the one or more server component applications are configured to provide the one or more drawing files that have been dynamically converted to the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 21)
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8. A method for providing access to a drawing comprising:
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a first drawing application creating one or more drawing files and storing said one or more drawing files in a first format on a server computer;
providing a query engine, on the server computer, that allows queries of the one or more drawing files to locate data;
dynamically converting the one or more drawing files into a drawing file format viewable by a client application executing on a client computer; and
providing the one or more drawing files that have been dynamically converted to the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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15. An article of manufacture embodying logic executable on a computer for performing a method for accessing a drawing over a network, the method comprising:
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a first drawing application creating one or more drawing files and storing said one or more drawing files in a first format on a server computer;
providing a query engine, on the server computer, that allows queries of the one or more drawing files to locate data;
dynamically converting the one or more drawing files into a drawing file format viewable by a client application executing on a client computer; and
providing the one or more drawing files that have been dynamically converted to the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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