Method and apparatus for process design
AssigneeMetapower, Inc.
InventorsKenneth R. Allen, John Prouty, David E. Wheeler
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Abstract
A process is managed by creating a future revision of a base. Data are input into the future revision of the base. The future revision of the base is made current, revising the base. A control tracks the authorization of the base revision, storing the authorization of the future revision of the base.
Claims38
An apparatus for managing process design in a computer, the apparatus comprising:
- a computer, including a memory;
- a base stored in the memory, the base including information about an object in the process design;
- and
- a control stored in the memory, including information about a process in the process design, the control operable on the base.
A computer-implemented method for managing process design, the method comprising:
- creating a future revision of a base;
- inputting data into the future revision;
- and
- making the future revision current.
A computer-implemented method for correlating information between a first base and a second base, the method comprising:
- creating a future revision of an intersection;
- inputting data into the intersection, thereby correlating the first base and the second base;
- and
- making the future revision current.
A computer-implemented method for observing information about a first base from a second base, the method comprising:
- creating an observation;
- taking a measurement of information in the first base, from information in the second base;
- and
- storing the measurement in the observation.
A computer-implemented method for performing a transaction between a first base and a second base, the method comprising:
- identifying a resource in the first base;
- move the resource from the first base to the second base;
- and
- paying the first base for the resource by the second base.
A computer-implemented method for generating a control, the method comprising:
- evaluating a criterion using a generator;
- generating starting data from the criterion;
- producing a control using a template and the starting data;
- and
- invoking the control.
A computer-implemented method for correlating information between a first control and a second control, the method comprising:
- creating an intersection;
- inputting data to a control of the intersection;
- and
- inserting at least some of the data into the intersection, thereby correlating the first control and the second control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.