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Method, system, and product for performing sub-configuration of entities

  • US 7,873,503 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2002
  • Issued: 01/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product for performing sub-configuration of components of an entity, comprising a computer-usable storage medium having embodied therein computer-readable program codes executable by a processor to:

  • configure a parent model, whereinan entity is configured using a parent model, andthe parent model comprises a plurality of selectable features;

    if the plurality of selectable features comprises more than one instance of a subset of the plurality of selectable features, extract the subset of the plurality of selectable features;

    in response to the extracting, generate a sub-model of the parent model, whereinthe sub-model comprises the subset of the plurality of selectable features,each of the plurality of selected features is mapped from the parent model to the sub-model, andat least one value required by the parent model is returnable from the sub-model to the parent model;

    select a particular sub-configurable component among a plurality of sub-configurable components of the entity, whereinthe sub-configurable component is configured using the sub-model;

    identify the sub-model for the selected sub-configurable component, in response to the selection;

    configure the selected sub-configurable component by selecting at least one value for at least one selectable feature among the subset of the plurality of selectable features from the sub-model;

    validate the configuration of the selected sub-configurable component based on the sub-model and the one or more values for the selected sub-configurable component; and

    output a result of the validation.

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