Manufacturing method and software product for optimizing information flow
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1. A meta-layer set of computer instructions residing on computer-readable storage media for integrating communications within a manufacturing facility comprising:
- a structured data exchange for communicating data to a graphic user interface generator for display by a browser, the structured data exchange including;
a look-up table to enable translating legacy data, anda two-way communication layer allowing real-time interaction between the graphic user interface generator and software wrappers; and
,the software wrappers for enabling communication of legacy data between the structured data exchange and one or more software servers, wherein a user interaction received at the graphic user interface generator causes the structured data exchange to retrieve legacy data from at the one or more software servers, the legacy data including at least one of computer-assisted drafting (CAD) files for display, a numerical control program for use on at least one machine tool controller of the manufacturing facility, and numerically control files for display.
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Abstract
A manufacturing method, software product, system for optimizing information flow within a manufacturing facility based upon the use of a network, a structured data exchange, and a browser allowing access to a plurality of servers, themselves containing software data, thereby presenting an uniform look and feel for the interface serving that information to each employee. Administrators grant employees access to data according to predefined constellations of roles within the manufacturing facility.
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1. A meta-layer set of computer instructions residing on computer-readable storage media for integrating communications within a manufacturing facility comprising:
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a structured data exchange for communicating data to a graphic user interface generator for display by a browser, the structured data exchange including; a look-up table to enable translating legacy data, and a two-way communication layer allowing real-time interaction between the graphic user interface generator and software wrappers; and
,the software wrappers for enabling communication of legacy data between the structured data exchange and one or more software servers, wherein a user interaction received at the graphic user interface generator causes the structured data exchange to retrieve legacy data from at the one or more software servers, the legacy data including at least one of computer-assisted drafting (CAD) files for display, a numerical control program for use on at least one machine tool controller of the manufacturing facility, and numerically control files for display. - 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 system for sharing information incident to manufacturing comprising:
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a browser; a plurality of software servers containing legacy data incident to the manufacturing; and an intermediate server for implementing a structured data exchange with the browser, the structured data exchange including; a look-up table to enable translating legacy data; and a two-way communication layer allowing real-time interaction between the graphic user interface generator and software wrappers; the software wrappers for communication between each of the software servers and the browser; and the browser displaying data from the intermediate server wherein a user interaction received at the browser causes the intermediate server to retrieve legacy data from the one or more software servers, the legacy data including at least one of computer-assisted drafting (CAD) files for display, a numerical control program for use on at least one machine tool controller of the manufacturing facility, and numerically control files for display. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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