Computer method and apparatus for engineered product management including simultaneous indication of working copy status and repository status
First Claim
1. A computer method for managing revisions to engineered products, comprising the steps of:
- holding in a data store at least one asset for forming an engineered product;
tracking changes made to each asset in a workspace, there being a workspace copy of a subject asset and a data store copy of the subject asset; and
automatically providing together, in a certain screen view, at least two separate indications of changes, one being indications of workspace copy changes and the other being indications of data store changes, such that;
(a) the workspace copy of indications are configured to provide indications of changes made to the workspace copy of the subject asset relative to the data store copy of the subject asset, and(b) the data store copy of indications are configured to provide indications of changes made to the data store copy of the subject asset relative to the workspace copy of the subject asset, such that the (a) indications of the workspace copy changes are juxtaposed with the and (b) indications of data store copy changes in that they are positioned in close proximity to one another or positioned side by side one another in the certain screen view.
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Abstract
A computer method and apparatus for managing revisions to engineered products includes a repository, a local data store (working copy) and a revision manager. Each engineered product is formed of one or more assets. The repository holds the plurality of assets and tracks changes of the assets. For a given asset, the revision manager provides, together in a certain screen view, display of (a) indications of changes made to a working copy of the given asset relative to the given asset as held in the repository, and (b) indications of changes made to the given asset in the repository relative to the working copy of the given asset. The certain screen view in one embodiment employs a tabular format with sortable columns, color coded symbols, textual summaries of changes made to assets and textual description of changes made to assets in the repository.
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17 Claims
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1. A computer method for managing revisions to engineered products, comprising the steps of:
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holding in a data store at least one asset for forming an engineered product; tracking changes made to each asset in a workspace, there being a workspace copy of a subject asset and a data store copy of the subject asset; and automatically providing together, in a certain screen view, at least two separate indications of changes, one being indications of workspace copy changes and the other being indications of data store changes, such that; (a) the workspace copy of indications are configured to provide indications of changes made to the workspace copy of the subject asset relative to the data store copy of the subject asset, and (b) the data store copy of indications are configured to provide indications of changes made to the data store copy of the subject asset relative to the workspace copy of the subject asset, such that the (a) indications of the workspace copy changes are juxtaposed with the and (b) indications of data store copy changes in that they are positioned in close proximity to one another or positioned side by side one another in the certain screen view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Computer apparatus for managing revisions to engineered products, comprising:
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a data store in computer memory holding at least one asset for forming an engineered product; a revision manager executable by a processor tracking changes made to each asset; for a given asset, the revision manager configured to automatically provide together in a certain screen view to a user at least two separate indications of changes, one of the indications being working copy changes and the other indications being data store changes, such that; (a) the working copy indications are configured to provide indications of changes made to a working copy, of the user, of the given asset relative to the given asset as held in the data store, and (b) the data store indications are configured to provide indications of changes made by one or more other users to the given asset in the data store relative to the working copy, of the user, of the given asset, such that the (a) indications of the working copy changes are juxtaposed with the (b) indications of data store changes in that they are positioned in close proximity to one another or positioned side by side in the certain screen view. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer useable medium including a computer readable program for managing engineering revisions; wherein the computer readable program when executed by a computer causes; holding in a data store at least one asset for forming an engineered product; tracking changes made to each asset in a workspace, there being a workspace copy of a subject asset and a data store copy of the subject asset; and automatically displaying at least two separate indications of changes, one of the indications being workspace copy changes and the other indications being data store changes that are juxtaposed together to a user of the workspace;
(a) the workspace copy indications are configured to provide indications of changes made to the workspace copy of the subject asset relative to the data store copy of the subject asset, and (b) the data store copy indications are configured to provide indications of changes made by another user to the data store copy of the subject asset relative to the workspace copy of the subject asset, such that the (a) indications of the workspace copy changes are juxtaposed with the and (b) indications of data store copy changes in that they are positioned in close proximity to one another or positioned side by side one another in the certain screen view. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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