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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
David G. Belanger, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Adrian Kester, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Sam Parker, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Sarat Puthenpura, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Phyllis Weiss, Englewood, NJ (US);
David G. Belanger, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Adrian Kester, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Sam Parker, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Sarat Puthenpura, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Phyllis Weiss, Englewood, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method guides a user in designing a product defined by data. The method involves examining () items of the data to detect whether each item conforms to rules () or violates the rules; performing (. . . ) at least one action in response to a detection of a rule violation; displaying () the data to the user in a manner emphasizing at least one particular data item that caused the rule violation; receiving () any new data input from the user; and repeating the examining, action performing, and displaying steps using the new data. The displaying step may involve displaying data defining a current state of the product in a tabular (spreadsheet) format, including displaying data detected to have caused the rule violation in a first manner that is visibly distinct from displaying other data that is not detected to have caused the rule violation.