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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2000
Dave S. Christensen, Harwinton, CT (US);
Randall L. Greenberg, Granby, CT (US);
Roger Castonguay, Terryville, CT (US);
Thomas Papallo, Farmington, CT (US);
Steve L. Mecker, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system that implements a design process having a plurality of sub-processes each having a plurality of sub-steps. The system includes an independent application for implementing the design process. A series of independent sub-process applications each implements one sub-process of the design process. A communications path provides for communications between the design process and each of the sub-process applications. The communications path also provides for communications between each of said plurality of sub-processes. An application library containing a plurality of executable applications is accessible by the design process and sub-processes to access and execute the plurality of application tools.