Computer method and apparatus for engineered product management including simultaneous indication of working copy status and repository status
First Claim
1. Computer apparatus for managing revisions to engineered products, comprising:
- a data store holding at least one asset for forming an engineered product;
a revision manager tracking changes made to each asset, for a given asset the revision manager providing together in a certain screen view to a user (a) indications of changes made to a working copy of the given asset relative to the given asset as held in the data store, and (b) indications of changes made to the given asset in the data store relative to the working copy of the given asset.
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Abstract
A computer method and apparatus for managing revisions to engineered products includes a repository, a local data store (working copy) and a revision manager. Each engineered product is formed of one or more assets. The repository holds the plurality of assets and tracks changes of the assets. For a given asset, the revision manager provides, together in a certain screen view, display of (a) indications of changes made to a working copy of the given asset relative to the given asset as held in the repository, and (b) indications of changes made to the given asset in the repository relative to the working copy of the given asset. The certain screen view in one embodiment employs a tabular format with sortable columns, color coded symbols, textual summaries of changes made to assets and textual description of changes made to assets in the repository.
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22 Claims
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1. Computer apparatus for managing revisions to engineered products, comprising:
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a data store holding at least one asset for forming an engineered product; a revision manager tracking changes made to each asset, for a given asset the revision manager providing together in a certain screen view to a user (a) indications of changes made to a working copy of the given asset relative to the given asset as held in the data store, and (b) indications of changes made to the given asset in the data store relative to the working copy of the given asset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer method for managing revisions to engineered products, comprising the steps of:
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holding in a data store at least one asset for forming an engineered product; tracking changes made to each asset in a workspace, there being a workspace copy of a subject asset and a data store copy of the subject asset; and providing together, in a certain screen view, (a) indications of changes made to the workspace copy of the subject asset relative to the data store copy of the subject asset, and (b) indications of changes made to the data store copy of the subject asset relative to the workspace copy of the subject asset. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system managing revisions to engineered products, comprising:
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data store means for holding one or more assets for forming an engineered product; tracking means for tracking changes made to each asset; and means for displaying together (a) indications of changes made to a working copy of a given asset relative to the given asset as held in the data store, and (b) indications of changes made to the given asset in the data store relative to the working copy of the given asset, said display means responsive to the tracking means and the data store means. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer useable medium including a computer readable program for managing engineering revisions; wherein the computer readable program when executed by a computer causes; holding in a data store at least one asset for forming an engineered product; tracking changes made to each asset in a workspace, there being a workspace copy of a subject asset and a data store copy of the subject asset; and displaying together (a) indications of changes made to the workspace copy of the subject asset relative to the data store copy of the subject asset, and (b) indications of changes made to the data store copy of the subject asset relative to the workspace copy of the subject asset. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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