Data management system having shared libraries
First Claim
1. A data management system for file and database management useful in concurrent engineering processes, comprising:
- a design control system for fulfilling requests of a user initiated from a computer system client system coupled to a network, includinga data management control system for managing a plurality of projects, each project having a data repository for data records and a control repository comprising a common access interface and one or more databases,said control repository communicating with users of said design control system for fulfilling requests of a user and the data repositories of said data management control system through a plurality of managers, each manager performing a unique function, wherein said managers act as building blocks which can be combined in a plurality of manners to support an environment for suitable for multiple users of a user community, and whereinone of said managers is a process manager, and one of said managers is a lock and authority manager for permitting multiple users to possess ownership in a data object, but ensures only one owner is updating an individual instance at any given time, and whereina check out utility is provided for the user to request ownership to a piece of data, transfer ownership, or take ownership if they are an authorized surrogate of a current owner of said piece of data, and wherein is provideda perform data deletion utility for ensuring only an authorized data manager or a valid data owner may delete their own data so as not to jeopardize any other data, andone of said managers is a library manager enabling automated library processing of any application program or tool to be launched using input data from said data management control system and after processing enabling results to be recorded as output data in any data control repository of said data management control system as a record in said data control repository, and whereinsaid library manager establishes and processes data for private and public libraries which can be shared by many users and in processing data for said public libraries manages the storage into and movement through a public library and also manages the movement of the data between physical locations in said data management system as specified under an established library structure for said data management system.
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Abstract
A design control system suitable for use in connection with the design of integrated circuits and other elements of manufacture having many parts which need to be developed in a concurrent engineering environment with inputs provided by users and or systems which may be located anywhere in the world providing a set of control information for coordinating movement of the design information through development and to release while providing dynamic tracking of the status of elements of the bills of materials in an integrated and coordinated activity control system utilizing a repository which can be implemented in the form of a database (relational, object oriented, etc.) or using a flat file system. Once a model is created and/or identified by control information design libraries hold the actual pieces of the design under control of the system without limit to the number of libraries, and providing for tracking and hierarchical designs which are allowed to traverse through multiple libraries. Data Managers become part of the design team, and libraries are programmable to meet the needs of the design group they service.
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1. A data management system for file and database management useful in concurrent engineering processes, comprising:
- a design control system for fulfilling requests of a user initiated from a computer system client system coupled to a network, including
a data management control system for managing a plurality of projects, each project having a data repository for data records and a control repository comprising a common access interface and one or more databases, said control repository communicating with users of said design control system for fulfilling requests of a user and the data repositories of said data management control system through a plurality of managers, each manager performing a unique function, wherein said managers act as building blocks which can be combined in a plurality of manners to support an environment for suitable for multiple users of a user community, and wherein one of said managers is a process manager, and one of said managers is a lock and authority manager for permitting multiple users to possess ownership in a data object, but ensures only one owner is updating an individual instance at any given time, and wherein a check out utility is provided for the user to request ownership to a piece of data, transfer ownership, or take ownership if they are an authorized surrogate of a current owner of said piece of data, and wherein is provided a perform data deletion utility for ensuring only an authorized data manager or a valid data owner may delete their own data so as not to jeopardize any other data, and one of said managers is a library manager enabling automated library processing of any application program or tool to be launched using input data from said data management control system and after processing enabling results to be recorded as output data in any data control repository of said data management control system as a record in said data control repository, and wherein said library manager establishes and processes data for private and public libraries which can be shared by many users and in processing data for said public libraries manages the storage into and movement through a public library and also manages the movement of the data between physical locations in said data management system as specified under an established library structure for said data management system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- a design control system for fulfilling requests of a user initiated from a computer system client system coupled to a network, including
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