Method, system and program product that utilize a hierarchical conceptual framework to model an environment containing a collection of items
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1. A method of modeling an environment containing a collection of items, said method comprising:
- providing an environmental hierarchy describing a modeled environment;
providing a product catalog that includes data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment;
providing a configuration library that includes data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among said plurality of items in said product catalog; and
permitting population of said modeled environment by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between said environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including said first item.
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Abstract
A method, system and program product are disclosed for enabling a user to construct a conceptual hierarchical framework representing a virtual or physical environment. The framework may then be populated with a collection of items. Users may graphically and intuitively view and manipulate various subsets of the environment'"'"'s space as well as items placed within the modeled environment.
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1. A method of modeling an environment containing a collection of items, said method comprising:
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providing an environmental hierarchy describing a modeled environment;
providing a product catalog that includes data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment;
providing a configuration library that includes data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among said plurality of items in said product catalog; and
permitting population of said modeled environment by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between said environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including said first item. - 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)
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25. A data processing system, comprising:
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a processor;
data storage coupled to the processor;
a modeling tool stored in said data storage and executable by said processor, said modeling tool including;
means for creating an environmental hierarchy describing a modeled environment;
means for creating a product catalog for containing data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment;
means for creating a configuration library for containing data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among said plurality of items in said product catalog; and
means for populating said modeled environment by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between said environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including said first item. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A program product, comprising:
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a computer usable medium; and
a modeling tool encoded within said computer usable medium and executable by a computer system, said modeling tool including;
means for creating an environmental hierarchy describing a modeled environment;
means for creating a product catalog that contains data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment;
means for creating a configuration library that contains data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among said plurality of items in said product catalog; and
means for populating said modeled environment by storing, in a database, data representative of the spatial relationship between said environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including said first item. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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