METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTINUOUS REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE AND BILL OF MATERIAL MODELING
First Claim
1. A method for generating bill of material data for complex systems comprising:
- storing a plurality of electronic documents in a standardized format using an electronic data storage device, where each electronic document has an associated solution identifier data field and one or more associated bill of materials data fields;
receiving a query request over a data network in an electronic data format that includes a query solution identifier data field;
extracting electronic data documents having a matching data field value to the solution identifier data field;
extracting the bill of materials data fields for each electronic document using data processing equipment; and
assembling a compilation of the bill of materials data fields from each of the extracted electronic data documents.
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Abstract
A method for generating bill of material data for complex systems comprising storing a plurality of electronic documents in a standardized format using an electronic data storage device, where each electronic document has an associated solution identifier data field and one or more associated bill of materials data fields. Receiving a query request over a data network in an electronic data format that includes a query solution identifier data field. Extracting electronic data documents having a matching data field value to the solution identifier data field. Extracting the bill of materials data fields for each electronic document using data processing equipment. Assembling a compilation of the bill of materials data fields from each of the extracted electronic data documents.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for generating bill of material data for complex systems comprising:
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storing a plurality of electronic documents in a standardized format using an electronic data storage device, where each electronic document has an associated solution identifier data field and one or more associated bill of materials data fields; receiving a query request over a data network in an electronic data format that includes a query solution identifier data field; extracting electronic data documents having a matching data field value to the solution identifier data field; extracting the bill of materials data fields for each electronic document using data processing equipment; and assembling a compilation of the bill of materials data fields from each of the extracted electronic data documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for generating bill of material data for complex systems comprising:
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storing a plurality of electronic documents in a standardized format using an electronic data storage device, where each electronic document has an associated solution identifier data field and one or more associated bill of materials data fields; receiving a query request over a data network in an electronic data format that includes a query solution identifier data field; extracting electronic data documents having a matching data field value to the solution identifier data field; extracting the bill of materials data fields for each electronic document using data processing equipment; assembling a compilation of the bill of materials data fields from each of the extracted electronic data documents; wherein extracting the bill of materials data fields for each electronic document further comprises; determining whether an end of life component is included in the bill of materials data; and implementing a remediation policy in response to the end of life component to identify a replacement component that is compatible with the solution; wherein storing the plurality of electronic documents in the standardized format using the electronic data storage device, where each electronic document has the associated solution identifier data field and one or more associated bill of materials data fields comprises storing the plurality of electronic documents in an Open Packaging Convention format using the electronic data storage device, where each electronic document has the associated solution identifier data field and one or more associated bill of materials data fields; wherein receiving the query request over the data network in the electronic data format that includes the query solution identifier data field comprises receiving the query request over the data network in a Javascript Object Notation format that includes the query solution identifier data field; wherein extracting the electronic data documents having the matching data field value to the solution identifier data field comprises accessing one or more data records storing stock keeping unit data; wherein extracting the bill of materials data fields for each electronic document using the data processing equipment comprises accessing one or more data records of an inventory system; wherein assembling the compilation of the bill of materials data fields from each of the extracted electronic data documents comprises assembling the compilation of the bill of materials data fields from each of the extracted electronic data documents in a data structure having a standardized format; receiving a new electronic document; extracting a solution identifier from the new electronic document; generating bill of materials data for the new electronic document; determining whether there are any end of life components in the bill of materials; determining whether a remediation policy can be applied to the end of life components in the bill of materials; and generating a flag if it is determined that the remediation policy cannot be applied to the end of life components in the bill of materials.
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