Intelligent real-time graphic-object to database linking-actuator for enabling intuitive on-screen changes and control of system configuration
First Claim
1. A configuration management and performance simulation system including a database including geometrical data for defining a system configuration and engineering data for computing performance characteristics, said configuration management system further comprising:
- an user interface for receiving user input of graphic free-hand drawings representing system configuration changes;
said user interface further include a dialog box for receiving user input of system geometrical parameters and engineering data relating to said user input of graphic drawings representing said system configuration changes; and
an interactive graphic interpretive and linking actuator employing said user input of graphic drawings representing said system configuration changes and said user input using said dialog box for linking to sections of said database corresponding to said user input of configuration changes and updating said geometrical data for defining said system configuration and engineering data for computing said system performance characteristics stored in said sections in said database thus representing a new system configuration updated by said user input of said configuration changes.
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Abstract
A configuration management system which generates and updates its own real-time dynamic database for representing a system configuration. The configuration management system includes an user interface for receiving user input of free-hand graphic drawings representing system configuration changes. The configuration management system further includes an interactive graphic interpretive and linking actuator which employs the user input of free-hand graphic drawings representing the system configuration changes for linking to sections of the database corresponding to the user input of configuration changes and updating data stored therein thus representing a new system configuration updated by the user input of the configuration changes. The user interface future includes a dialog box for receiving system parameters relating to the user input of free-hand graphic drawings representing the system configuration changes. The interactive graphic interpretive and linking actuator further employs the system parameters received from the dialog box for updating the database.
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15 Claims
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1. A configuration management and performance simulation system including a database including geometrical data for defining a system configuration and engineering data for computing performance characteristics, said configuration management system further comprising:
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an user interface for receiving user input of graphic free-hand drawings representing system configuration changes; said user interface further include a dialog box for receiving user input of system geometrical parameters and engineering data relating to said user input of graphic drawings representing said system configuration changes; and an interactive graphic interpretive and linking actuator employing said user input of graphic drawings representing said system configuration changes and said user input using said dialog box for linking to sections of said database corresponding to said user input of configuration changes and updating said geometrical data for defining said system configuration and engineering data for computing said system performance characteristics stored in said sections in said database thus representing a new system configuration updated by said user input of said configuration changes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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14. A configuration management and performance simulation method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving user graphic free-hand input using a user interface means and receiving, through a dialog box, displayed on a monitor, user input of configuration changes and engineering data relating to said user graphic free-hand input; (b) employing said user graphic free-hand input and said configuration changes and engineering data entered through said dialog box for determining a plurality of locations on a system for configuration update; (c) employing said user graphic free-hand input for identifying a plurality of types of configuration changes; (d) establishing a pointer for pointing to a particular section in a configuration database corresponding to each of said locations for configuration update; and (e) applying said plurality types of configuration changes for updating configuration data including geometrical data for defining a system configuration and engineering data for computing system performance characteristics stored in each of said particular sections in said configuration database.
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