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US 10,567,936 B2Granted
Mobile app for design management framework
AssigneeCentric Software, Inc.
InventorsHumberto Roa, Ron Watson, James Horne, Yuriy Gorvitovskiy, Chris Groves, Ravi Rangan
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Abstract
Software allows images captured during product development on a mobile device (e.g., smartphone or other client device) to be uploaded to a design management system from the mobile device. Mark-up annotations and comments can be added to the images at the mobile device. Assignment of tasks related to the images can be made from the mobile device.
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A method comprising:
- providing a design management system, wherein the design management system is accessible via the Internet;
- providing a mobile application for a mobile device having a camera and wireless connectivity to the Internet, wherein a user of the mobile application can remotely access the design management framework system over the Internet;
- using the mobile application executing on the mobile device, allowing a first user of the design management system to take a first picture;
- checking a security role of the first user at the design management system and when a security role of the first user includes a read only access attribute, disallowing the first user to make an annotation to the first picture;
- determining that the security role of the first user includes an update access attribute and allowing the first user to make first annotation to the first picture, the first annotation to the first picture indicates a location on a first product captured in the first picture for a change to be made to the first product before manufacture, wherein the first annotation comprises a freehand graphical sketch associated with the first picture, the freehand graphical sketch is input into the mobile application via a touch screen interface of the mobile device, and the freehand graphical sketch comprises at least one of adding straight lines, curved lines, boxes, or circles on the picture;
- synchronizing the mobile application with the design management system comprising uploading the first picture with annotation, comprising the freehand graphical sketch including the added straight lines, curved lines, boxes, or circles on the picture, to the design management system;
- in the mobile application, providing a first task assignment screen of the mobile application to the first user;
- providing a first button on the first task assignment screen for the first user to select at least one image from pictures previously uploaded to the design management system to add to a first new task;
- providing a second button on the first task assignment screen for the first user to select a user to assign the first new task to;
- providing a text box on the first task assignment screen for the first user to enter task instructions for the first new task;
- allowing the first user to use the first button to select the first picture with the first annotation, comprising the freehand graphical sketch including the added straight lines, curved lines, boxes, or circles on the picture, for a first task;
- allowing the first user to use the second button to select a second user to assign the first task;
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- allowing the first user to use a text box to enter task instructions.
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A method comprising:
- allowing a mobile application, executing on at least one processor of a mobile device comprising a camera and a touch screen, access to a server of a design management system via a wireless network, wherein the design management system comprises product specification, tasks, review for at least a first product;
- via the wireless network, downloading from the design management system to the mobile application the product specification, tasks, review for at least a first product;
- using the mobile application, while wireless network access is unavailable, allowing a first user to create a task and assigning to a second user comprising at least one input from the first user on the touch screen of the mobile device;
- using the mobile application, while wireless network access is unavailable, selecting a picture to associate with the task;
- using the mobile application, while wireless network access is unavailable, allowing the user to make a freehand graphical sketch associated with the picture associated with the task, wherein the freehand graphical sketch is input into the mobile application via a touch screen interface of the mobile device, and the freehand graphical sketch comprises at least one of adding curved lines or arrow heads to the end of line shapes on the picture, and the freehand graphical sketch indicates a location on a first product captured in the first picture for a change to be made to the first product before manufacture;
- while wireless network access is unavailable, using the mobile application storing the task with freehand graphical sketch at the mobile device;
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- upon wireless network access becoming available, automatically synchronizing the mobile application with the design management system comprising uploading the task with freehand graphical sketch, comprising the added curved lines or arrow heads to the end of line shapes on the picture, to the design management system.
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A method comprising:
- providing a design management system, wherein the design management system is accessible via the Internet;
- providing a mobile application for a mobile device having a camera and wireless connectivity to the Internet, wherein a user of the mobile application can remotely access the design management framework system over the Internet;
- using the mobile application executing on the mobile device, allowing a first user of the design management system to take a first picture;
- checking a security role of the first user at the design management system and when a security role of the first user includes a read only access attribute, disallowing the first user to make an annotation to the first picture;
- determining that the security role of the first user includes an update access attribute and allowing the first user to make a first annotation to the first picture, wherein the first user includes a product developer role that identifies changes to be made to a product tracked by the design management system and the first annotation comprises a freehand graphical sketch associated with the first picture, the freehand graphical sketch is input into the mobile application via a touch screen interface of the mobile device, and the freehand graphical sketch comprises at least one of adding straight lines, curved lines, boxes, or circles on the picture;
- synchronizing the mobile application with the design management system comprising uploading the first picture with annotation, comprising the freehand graphical sketch including the added straight lines, curved lines, boxes, or circles on the picture, to the design management system;
- in the mobile application, providing a first task assignment screen of the mobile application to the first user;
- providing a first button on the first task assignment screen for the first user to select at least one image from pictures previously uploaded to the design management system to add to a first new task;
- providing a second button on the first task assignment screen for the first user to select a user to assign the first new task to;
- providing a text box on the first task assignment screen for the first user to enter task instructions for the first new task;
- allowing the first user to use the first button to select the first picture with the first annotation, comprising the freehand graphical sketch including the added straight lines, curved lines, boxes, or circles on the picture, for a first task;
- allowing the first user to use the second button to select a second user to assign the first task, wherein the assigned user includes a development team member role that implements changes to be made to a product tracked by the design management system;
- and
- allowing the first user to use a text box to enter task instructions.
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A method comprising:
- providing a design management system, wherein the design management system is accessible via the Internet;
- providing a mobile application for a mobile device having a camera and wireless connectivity to the Internet, wherein a user of the mobile application can remotely access the design management framework system over the Internet;
- using the mobile application executing on the mobile device, allowing a first user of the design management system to take a first picture of a first piece of apparel to be managed using the design management system;
- synchronizing the mobile application with the design management system comprising uploading the first picture;
- synchronizing the mobile application with the design management system comprising uploading a first annotation made to the first picture of a detail found on the first piece of apparel wherein the first annotation identifies a location of the first piece of apparel captured in the first picture where a modification to the first piece of apparel is needed before manufacture of the first piece of apparel;
- in the mobile application, providing a first task assignment screen of the mobile application to the first user;
- providing a first button on the first task assignment screen for the first user to select at least one image from pictures previously uploaded to the design management system to add a first new task for the first piece of apparel to be completed before manufacture of the first piece of apparel;
- providing a second button on the first task assignment screen for the first user to select a user to assign the first new task to;
- providing a text box on the first task assignment screen for the first user to enter task instructions for the first new task;
- allowing the first user to use the first button to select the first picture with the first annotation;
- allowing the first user to use the second button to select a second user to assign the first task;
- and
- allowing the first user to use a text box to enter task instructions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.