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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Steven R. Abrams, New City, NY (US);
Bard Bloom, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Paul T. Keyser, New York, NY (US);
Douglas N. Kimelman, Winnipeg, CA;
Eric M. Nelson, Durham, NC (US);
Tova Roth, Woodmere, NY (US);
Ian Simmonds, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Steven Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Dru Ann Vlissides, Clifton, VA (US);
Steven R. Abrams, New City, NY (US);
Bard Bloom, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Paul T. Keyser, New York, NY (US);
Douglas N. Kimelman, Winnipeg, CA;
Eric M. Nelson, Durham, NC (US);
Tova Roth, Woodmere, NY (US);
Ian Simmonds, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Steven Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
John M. Vlissides, Mohegan Lake, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for manipulating a model, where that model represents some or all of a design. The design includes a multitude of design elements, the model includes a multitude of model elements, and each of the design elements is represented by a single model element. The method comprises the steps of generating a suite of documents from the model, each of the documents describing a view of the model; and displaying the documents to a user as a series of forms. The user provides information to the forms to change the documents, and changes to the documents result in both changes to the model and consistent changes across the suite of documents. In the preferred embodiment, the model identifies specific relationships between the elements of the model, and each of the model elements has defined properties.