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Configurable pattern detection method and apparatus

  • US 7,890,923 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2006
  • Issued: 02/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer method for detecting patterns in structured models, comprising the steps of:

  • using a digital processor, obtaining a pattern specification of a subject pattern, the pattern specification (a) defining the subject pattern as a meta-class in a target domain instead of as a meta model, and (b) specifying one or more pattern roles as meta-properties of the subject pattern; and

    in processor memory configured to select patterns in structured models, using the pattern specification, navigating user models, each user model having respective model elements, said navigating including looking for structures of model elements that fulfill the pattern roles, and returning conforming pattern instances as detected instances of the subject pattern.

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