# US 10,455,001 B2 · Support device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,455,001 B2 - Document ID: US10455001B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/831,196 - Filed: 2015-08-20 - Published: 2016-02-25 - Granted: 2019-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2014-08-22 - Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd. - Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd. - Inventors: Yuki Itabayashi; Taichi Maeda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10455001B2 ## CPC - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A design support device of the present invention is a design support device that is connected to a network to which both an input/output device where input/output regarding designing is performed and a design data accumulation device for storing design data regarding the designing are connected, the design support device including a network monitoring unit that monitors the network, detecting input/output data that is input/output between the network and the input/output device and outputting a monitoring log, and a design process list creation unit that extracts design processes based on a relationship between information regarding the input data and information regarding the output data included in the monitoring log, and creating and outputting a design process list by arranging the extracted design processes in a list. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A design support device connected to a network to which both an input/output device, that transfers design data, and a design data accumulation device, including a memory, for storing design data related to design process are connected, said design support device comprising: a computer executing a network monitoring unit configured for: extracting the design data from said network; comparing storage locations of input/output design data, and determining whether an input data portion and an output data portion of the input/output design data are related in common to the same design process; a computer executing a design process list creation unit configured for: creating a design process list indicating the design process including a plurality of tasks from design data by associating input/output design data for said input/output device acquired from said network on a per task basis, and arranging the tasks in an order of performance. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The design support device according to claim 1, wherein said design process list creation unit is further configured for: associating the input/output design data extracted from said network, creating a task name from an output data portion of the input/output design data, and calculating a designing period based on a registration time of the input/output data. ### Claim 3 A design support device that is connected to a network to which both an input/output device that transfers design data and a design data accumulation device including a memory for storing design data regarding design processes are connected, said design support device comprising: A computer executing a network monitoring unit configured for: monitoring said network, and extracting the design data from said network, and detecting input data which is design data that is input to said input/output device from said network and detecting output data which is design data that is output from said input/output device to said network, and comparing respective storage locations of the input and output data, and determining whether an input data portion and an output data portion of the input and output data are related in common to a same one of the design processes; a computer executing a design process list creation unit configured for: extracting, based on a relationship between information of the input data included in a monitoring log that is output from said network monitoring unit and information regarding the output data included in the monitoring log, each of the design processes corresponding respectively to a plurality of design items in the designing, creating a design process list by arranging in a list the design processes which have been extracted, and outputting the created design process list together with the information regarding the input data and the information regarding the output data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The design support device according to claim 3, wherein said design process list creation unit is further configured for: associating the input/output design data extracted from said network, creating a task name from an output data portion of the input/output data, and calculating a designing period based on registration time of the input/output data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The design support device according to claim 3, further comprising a design process list display unit for displaying the design process list created by said design process list creation unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The design support device according to claim 5, wherein said network monitoring unit is further configured for: extracting the design data from said network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The design support device according to claim 6, wherein said network monitoring unit is further configured for: comparing respective storage locations of the input/output data, and determining whether an input data portion and an output data portion of the input/output data are related to a common design operation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The design support device according to claim 5, wherein said design process list creation unit is further configured for: associating the input/output design data extracted from said network, creating a task name from an output data portion of the input/output data, and calculating a designing period based on registration time of the input/output data.