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Data management system and process

  • US 5,878,408 A
  • Filed: 12/06/1996
  • Issued: 03/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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, 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, andan external data control environment coupled to said data management control system via said common access interface for transferring results and data into said data management control system for storage in said data control repository from a process executed outside of said data management control system; and

    whereinone of said managers is a process manager, 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;

    wherein each of said records in said data control repository includes data indicating the record filename, library, filetype, version and level; and

    ,wherein said library manager enables a library process to be run on automated library machines (ALMs), including single ALMs, remote execution machines, and in an actor/object environment.

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