System and method for integrating schedule and design environments
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorJose Antonio Vieira Formenti
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Abstract
A system for project management integration includes a design database having design data stored in a hierarchical manner representable by design hierarchical data. The system further includes a schedule database having scheduling data stored in a hierarchical manner representable by schedule hierarchical data. The system also includes an integration module in communication with the design database and the schedule database, the integration module operable to compare the design hierarchical data and the schedule hierarchical data in response to changes to one of the design or schedule databases, the integration module further operable to change one of the design and schedule databases in response thereto.
Claims27
A system for project management integration, the system comprising:
- a design database having design data stored in a hierarchical manner representable by design hierarchical data;
- a schedule database having scheduling data stored in a hierarchical manner representable by schedule hierarchical data;
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- an integration module in communication with the design database and the schedule database, the integration module operable to compare the design hierarchical data and the schedule hierarchical data in response to changes to one of the design and schedule databases, the integration module further operable to change one of the design and schedule databases in response to the comparison, the integration module includes a filter operable to filter hierarchical data in response to a filtering scheme.
A system for automatically updating data of a first database in response to changes made to a second database, the system comprising:
- a first interface in communication with the first database;
- a second interface in communication with the second database, the second interface operable to detect changes to data in the second database;
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- a comparison module in communication with the first and second interface, the comparison module operable to compare first hierarchical data associated with the first database to second hierarchical data associated with the second database in response to a change detected by the second interface, the comparison module operable to send update data to the first interface in response to comparing the first and second hierarchical data, the first interface operable to change the data in the first database in response to the update data, the second interface includes a filter operable to filter the second hierarchical data in response to a filtering scheme.
A method of project management integration, the method comprising:
- detecting a change to data of a first database;
- parsing data of the first database to generate the first hierarchical data associated with the first database;
- filtering the first hierarchical data in response to a filtering scheme;
- translating the filtered first hierarchical data into a comparison format;
- obtaining second hierarchical data associated with the second database in response to the detected change;
- comparing the first hierarchical data to the second hierarchical data and identifying at least one difference between the first and second of hierarchical data;
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- automatically generating and sending an update command to the second database in response to the at least one identified difference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.