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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
May. 23, 2002
Anthony D. Tompras, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Michael E. Herbstreit, Saint Louis, MO (US);
William D. Macy, St. Peters, MO (US);
Edward J. Levinskas, Saint Charles, MO (US);
Anthony D. Tompras, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Michael E. Herbstreit, Saint Louis, MO (US);
William D. Macy, St. Peters, MO (US);
Edward J. Levinskas, Saint Charles, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a network-based system and method for providing a centrally controlled single source location for storing electronic data (including but not limited to part information such as Computer Aided Designed [CAD] solid models, associated textual data, images, mathematical algorithms, and links to associative websites) to be accessed by users creating various products/designs using various application programs. The system includes a central computer system and a plurality of user computer systems coupled to a network. The central computer system stores a plurality of computer solid models. From a user computer system, a user accesses an application program run by the central computer system in order to search and retrieve the stored data files (solid models).