US 11,768,985 B1Granted

Automated platform design tool

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsIsaac Qin Wang, Yayun Liu

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Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for an automated platform design tool are provided herein. An example method includes extracting information from a first file corresponding to a first computing design, the information including an identifier of at least one network, components associated with the identifier, and connections for each of the components; comparing the first computing design to a second computing design, wherein the comparing comprises: detecting that a second schematic file corresponding to the second computing design comprises the identifier, and determining, for at least one given component, whether the second schematic file includes a matching component based on the set of connections for the at least one given component; determining differences between the first computing design and the second computing design based on the results of the comparing; and initiating at least one automated action based at least in part on the one or more differences.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

extracting information from a first schematic file corresponding to a first computing design, wherein the information comprises:
at least one identifier of at least one network in the first computing design, a set of components associated with the at least one identifier, and a set of connections for each component in the set;
comparing the first computing design to a second computing design, wherein the comparing comprises:
detecting that a second schematic file corresponding to the second computing design comprises the at least one identifier of the at least one network in the first computing design, and
determining, for at least one given component in the set of components associated with the at least one identifier, whether the second schematic file comprises a component associated with the at least one identifier that matches the at least one given component, wherein the determining is based at least in part on:
(i) the set of connections for the at least one given component and (ii) at least one additional identifier of at least one extended network in the first computing design;
determining one or more differences between the first computing design and the second computing design based on the results of the comparing;
and
initiating at least one automated action based at least in part on the one or more differences;
wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.

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A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:

to extract information from a first schematic file corresponding to a first computing design, wherein the information comprises:
at least one identifier of at least one network in the first computing design, a set of components associated with the at least one identifier, and a set of connections for each component in the set;
to compare the first computing design to a second computing design, wherein the comparing comprises:
detecting that a second schematic file corresponding to the second computing design comprises the at least one identifier of the at least one network in the first computing design, and
determining, for at least one given component in the set of components associated with the at least one identifier, whether the second schematic file comprises a component associated with the at least one identifier that matches the at least one given component, wherein the determining is based at least in part on:
(i) the set of connections for the at least one given component and (ii) at least one additional identifier of at least one extended network in the first computing design;
to determine one or more differences between the first computing design and the second computing design based on the results of the comparing;
and
to initiate at least one automated action based at least in part on the one or more differences.

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An apparatus comprising:

at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
the at least one processing device being configured:
to extract information from a first schematic file corresponding to a first computing design, wherein the information comprises:
at least one identifier of at least one network in the first computing design, a set of components associated with the at least one identifier, and a set of connections for each component in the set;
to compare the first computing design to a second computing design, wherein the comparing comprises:
detecting that a second schematic file corresponding to the second computing design comprises the at least one identifier of the at least one network in the first computing design, and
determining, for at least one given component in the set of components associated with the at least one identifier, whether the second schematic file comprises a component associated with the at least one identifier that matches the at least one given component, wherein the determining is based at least in part on:
(i) the set of connections for the at least one given component and (ii) at least one additional identifier of at least one extended network in the first computing design;
to determine one or more differences between the first computing design and the second computing design based on the results of the comparing;
and
to initiate at least one automated action based at least in part on the one or more differences.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.