Systems and Methods for Real Time Data Management in a Collaborative Environment

• US 20090254569A1
• Filed: 03/13/2009
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Johnson, David, Paulk, Martin D.
• Granted Patent: US 10,552,391 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Systems and methods for real time data management in a collaborative environment. In one embodiment, the systems and methods dynamically link stakeholders, through a collaborative environment, to current and updated data. The systems and methods also cross-reference data objects between stakeholders for calling data objects by a common name, and determine a preferred method for each operation related to processing data for a data object.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing data in a collaborative environment, comprising:

creating a system name on a data-integration platform to identify an object class;

selecting an object from the object class using a unique name for the object;

linking the object and the system name on the data-integration platform;

identifying each unique name for the object in the collaborative environment; and

linking each unique name for the object and the system name on the data-integration platform.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is selected from the object class in a database, the object comprising data related to the object.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

identifying a server and a client, the server or the client comprising the database; and

populating the data integration platform with the identification of the server and the client for accessing the database.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting another object from the object class using a unique name for the another object;

linking the another object and the system name on the data integration platform;

identifying each unique name for the another object in the collaborative environment; and

linking each unique name for the another object and the system name on the data integration platform.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

calling at least one of the object and the another object by at least one of the unique name for the object and the unique name for the another object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying each unique name for the object comprises comparing a data profile or a data attribute for the object and a data profile or a data attribute for one or more related objects to determine whether the data profile or the data attribute for the object and the data profile or the data attribute for the one or more related objects substantially identify the same object.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

modifying one of the object and the one or more related objects; and

calling the modified one of the object and the one or more related objects by at least one of the unique name for the object and each unique name for the object.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting each object from the object class using a unique name for each object until each object from the object class has been selected;

linking each object and the system name on the data integration platform;

identifying each unique name for each object in the collaborative environment; and

linking each unique name for each object and the system name on the data integration platform.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising repeating the steps of claim 4 until each object from the object class has been selected.

10. The method of claim 4, further comprising repeating the steps of claim 4 by a stakeholder until each object from the object class has been selected.

11. A program carrier device for carrying computer executable instructions for managing data in a collaborative environment, the instructions being executable to implement:

creating a system name to identify an object class;

selecting an object from the object class using a unique name for the object;

linking the object and the system name;

identifying each unique name for the object in the collaborative environment; and

linking each unique name for the object and the system name.

12. The program carrier device of claim 11, wherein the object is selected from the object class in a database, the object comprising data related to the object.

13. The program carrier device of claim 12, further comprising:

identifying a server and a client, the server or the client comprising the database; and

populating a data integration platform with the identification of the server and the client for accessing the database.

14. The program carrier device of claim 11, further comprising:

selecting another object from the object class using a unique name for the another object;

linking the another object and the system name;

identifying each unique name for the another object in the collaborative environment; and

linking each unique name for the another object and the system name.

15. The program carrier device of claim 14, further comprising:

calling at least one of the object and the another object by at least one of the unique name for the object and the unique name for the another object.

16. The program carrier device of claim 11, wherein identifying each unique name for the object comprises comparing a data profile or a data attribute for the object and a data profile or a data attribute for one or more related objects to determine whether the data profile or the data attribute for the object and the data profile or the data attribute for the one or more related objects substantially identify the same object.

17. The program carrier device of claim 16, further comprising:

modifying one of the object and the one or more related objects; and

calling the modified one of the object and the one or more related objects by at least one of the unique name for the object and each unique name for the object.

18. The program carrier device of claim 11, further comprising:

selecting each object from the object class using a unique name for each object until each object from the object class has been selected;

linking each object and the system name;

identifying each unique name for each object in the collaborative environment; and

linking each unique name for each object and the system name.

19. The program carrier device of claim 14, further comprising repeating the steps of claim 14 until each object from the object class has been selected.

20. The program carrier device of claim 14, further comprising repeating the steps of claim 14 by a stakeholder until each object from the object class has been selected.

21. A computer implemented method for processing data in a collaborative environment, comprising:

indexing multiple methods in a shared asset according to an intended operation for each method;

identifying a preferred method in the shared asset for each intended operation;

selecting an operation; and

processing data using the preferred method for the selected operation.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the intended operation for each method is the same.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the preferred method is identified using a constraint for each method.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the intended operation for each method is not the same.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the preferred method is identified using a predetermined criteria for the multiple methods.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the data is processed by an application in the shared asset using the preferred method for the selected operation.

27. The method of claim 21, wherein the data is processed by an application using a dynamically-bound instance of the preferred method for the selected operation in the application.

28. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

compiling additional methods in the shared asset; and

repeating the steps of claim 21.

29. The method of claim 21, wherein the multiple methods comprise calculations and subroutines.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the calculations comprise interpretation calculations and drilling calculations.

31. A program carrier device for carrying computer executable instructions for processing data in a collaborative environment, the instructions being executable to implement:

indexing multiple methods according to an intended operation for each method;

identifying a preferred method for each intended operation;

selecting an operation; and

processing data using the preferred method for the selected operation.

32. The program carrier device of claim 31, wherein the intended operation for each method is the same.

33. The program carrier device of claim 32, wherein the preferred method is identified using a constraint for each method.

34. The program carrier device of claim 31, wherein the intended operation for each method is not the same.

35. The program carrier device of claim 34, wherein the preferred method is identified using a predetermined criteria for the multiple methods.

36. The program carrier device of claim 31, wherein the data is processed by an application in a shared asset using the preferred method for the selected operation.

37. The program carrier device of claim 31, wherein the data is processed by an application using a dynamically-bound instance of the preferred method for the selected operation in the application.

38. The program carrier device of claim 31, further comprising:

compiling additional methods in a shared asset; and

repeating the steps of claim 31.

39. The program carrier device of claim 31, wherein the multiple methods comprise calculations and subroutines.

40. The program carrier device of claim 39, wherein the calculations comprise interpretation calculations and drilling calculations.