Methods and systems for distributing computer modeled product design and manufacture data to peripheral systems
OwnerThomas A. Cogswell, Chad Warringtoninventors
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Abstract
Methods and systems for interfacing computer modeled design and manufacture data from an Manufacturing Process Planning (MPP) system to peripheral computer systems, via an integration server interface, that resolves data transfer format conflicts between the MPP system and the peripheral systems and facilitates the use of predetermined data standards of a business entity to be universally used despite incongruous computer systems.
Claims20
A method for distributing electronic data from a manufacturing process planning (MPP) system in a service oriented architecture to at least one peripheral computer system separately supplied from the MPP system, the method comprising:
- interfacing the MPP system and the peripheral computer system with an integration server;
- receiving, at the integration server, a service request from the peripheral computer system over the service oriented architecture,
- determining, at the integration server, the type of data needed for the service request;
- and
- requesting, with the integration server, the determined type of data needed from the MPP system.
A networked computer system for modeling the manufacture of a product, the system comprising:
- a manufacturing process planning (MPP) system adapted to create a computer model of the product manufacture and to generate electronic work instructions for manufacturing of the product;
- at least one peripheral computer system remotely located from the MPP system;
- and
- an automated integration server separately provided from the MPP system and the peripheral computer system, the integration server configured to:
- accept a data request from the peripheral computer system;
- receive the requested data from the MPP system in a predetermined data format;
- and
- supply the requested data to the peripheral computer system in a data format different from the predetermined data format.
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for managing electronically modeled product and manufacture data and information exchange between a computerized manufacturing process planning (MPP) system and at least one peripheral computer system remotely located from one another, the program embodied on an integration server connected between the MPP and the peripheral computer system, the program comprising at least one code segment that:
- receives, at the integration server, a service request from the peripheral computer system over the service oriented architecture;
- determines, at the integration server, the type of data needed for the service request;
- and
- requests, with the integration server, the determined type of data needed from the MPP system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.