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Specifications automation system and method

  • US 9,146,913 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2011
  • Issued: 09/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of automatic discovery and differencing of multiple corporate business unit specific views based on a single multi-purpose specification loaded in a computer memory, said method comprising the steps of:

  • detecting user definition of specification-related metadata of the single multi-purpose specification loaded in the computer memory, the single multi-purpose specification including a plurality of paragraphs;

    based on the detected specification-related metadata, automatically populating a menu with a plurality of view choices for the single multi-purpose specification, each view choice corresponding to a corporate business unit specific specification view generatable from the single multi-purpose specification, each corporate business unit specific specification view showing only paragraphs of the plurality of paragraphs of the single multi-purpose specification that are applicable to a related corporate business unit, the paragraphs of the plurality of paragraphs that are shown to differ from those shown in one or more other corporate business unit specific specification views;

    for at least one corporate business unit specific specification view generated from the single multi-purpose specification, calculating a difference between the at least one corporate business unit specific specification view and another corporate business unit specific specification view;

    displaying the difference in a current specification view; and

    collapsing or expanding the current specification view according to user view selection.

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