Capture, aggregation and/or visualization of structural data of architectures
First Claim
1. A computerized information system for capturing, aggregating, and visualizing model structural data representing an information technology architecture, the system comprising:
- storage mediumat least one abstracted data model;
a graphical user interface generation engine;
a visualization engine;
a scenario management engine configured to simulate, visualize and evaluate changes in the architecture;
at least one data capture engine configured to capture and aggregate data stored on the storage medium according to a structured, hierarchical model which is adapted to provide a structured, hierarchical view of a model structure and to build a basic frame for analysis and visualization, the model being either a standardized model or a customer specific model; and
a display engine configured to generate a plurality of different displays of the captured data according to the structured hierarchical model;
wherein the structured, hierarchical model comprises tables of related records, which are associated by either strong links or loose links,wherein the strong links make use of Row-IDs, and are adapted to provide for every record having a foreign key relationship to a primary key of a record in another table, andwherein the loose links make use of a row'"'"'s Row-ID, and are adapted to provide for establishing a foreign key relationship to another table,wherein the models and their components are strongly coupled together by at least one strong link, and relationships between models are loosely coupled by one or more loose links adapted to allow that end points of the respective relationship are moveable within a model or are removable without forcing the relationship to be removed as well,wherein a generic representation of a model is represented by strong links between core model tables and graphical representation tables.
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Abstract
Computerized techniques, systems, and computer program products for a structured, hierarchical model for capturing, aggregating, and/or visualizing structural data of architectures of technical equipment (e.g., IT architectures). The techniques, systems and/or computer program products may include at least one data capture engine adapted to capture and aggregate data based on a structured, hierarchical model; a display engine to generate a plurality of different displays of the captured data in dependency of the structured hierarchical model, where the data capture engine includes at least one database to store the data according to the structured, hierarchical model.
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19 Claims
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1. A computerized information system for capturing, aggregating, and visualizing model structural data representing an information technology architecture, the system comprising:
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storage medium at least one abstracted data model; a graphical user interface generation engine; a visualization engine; a scenario management engine configured to simulate, visualize and evaluate changes in the architecture; at least one data capture engine configured to capture and aggregate data stored on the storage medium according to a structured, hierarchical model which is adapted to provide a structured, hierarchical view of a model structure and to build a basic frame for analysis and visualization, the model being either a standardized model or a customer specific model; and a display engine configured to generate a plurality of different displays of the captured data according to the structured hierarchical model; wherein the structured, hierarchical model comprises tables of related records, which are associated by either strong links or loose links, wherein the strong links make use of Row-IDs, and are adapted to provide for every record having a foreign key relationship to a primary key of a record in another table, and wherein the loose links make use of a row'"'"'s Row-ID, and are adapted to provide for establishing a foreign key relationship to another table, wherein the models and their components are strongly coupled together by at least one strong link, and relationships between models are loosely coupled by one or more loose links adapted to allow that end points of the respective relationship are moveable within a model or are removable without forcing the relationship to be removed as well, wherein a generic representation of a model is represented by strong links between core model tables and graphical representation tables. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine-implemented method of capturing, aggregating, and visualizing model structural data representing an information technology architecture, the method comprising:
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capturing and aggregating data according to a structured, hierarchical model which is adapted to provide a structured, hierarchical view of a model structure and to build a basic frame for analysis and visualization, the model being either a standardized model or a customer specific model; defining the structured hierarchical model to comprise tables of related records, which are associated by either strong links or loose links, wherein the strong links make use of Row-IDs, and are adapted to provide for every record having a foreign key relationship to a primary key of a record in another table, wherein the loose links make use of a row'"'"'s Row-ID, and are adapted to provide for establishing a foreign key relationship to another table, wherein the models and their components are strongly coupled together by at least one strong link, and relationships between models are loosely coupled by one or more loose links adapted to allow that end points of the respective relationship are moveable within a model or are removable without forcing the relationship to be removed as well, wherein a generic representation of a model is represented by strong links between core model tables and graphical representation tables; and generating a plurality of different displays of the captured data according to the structured, hierarchical model. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer storage medium encoded with a computer program for capturing, aggregating, and visualizing model structural data representing an information technology architecture, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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capturing and aggregating data according to a structured, hierarchical model which is adapted to provide a structured, hierarchical view of a model structure and to build a basic frame for analysis and visualization, the model being either a standardized model or a customer specific model; defining the structured, hierarchical model to comprise tables of related records, which are associated by either strong links or loose links, wherein the strong links make use of Row-IDs, and are adapted to provide for every record having a foreign key relationship to a primary key of a record in another table, wherein the loose links make use of a row'"'"'s Row-ID, and are adapted to provide for establishing a foreign key relationship to another table, wherein the models and their components are strongly coupled together by at least one strong link, and relationships between models are loosely coupled by one or more loose links adapted to allow that end points of the respective relationship are moveable within a model or are removable without forcing the relationship to be removed as well, wherein a generic representation of a model is represented by strong links between core model tables and graphical representation tables; and generating a plurality of different displays of the captured data according to the structured, hierarchical model. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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