# US 7,769,614 B2 · Systems and methods for providing component information in collaborative design, construction, and maintenance of fluid processing plants > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,769,614 B2 - Document ID: US7769614B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/094,598 - Filed: 2005-03-30 - Published: 2005-08-04 - Granted: 2010-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2000-06-13 - Assignees: Intergraph Technologies Company - Inventors: John C. Eichstaedt; Benedict A. Eazzetta; Robert L. Mullenger; Shawn A. Wentz; Hans T. Erickson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7769614B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - G05B 15/02: electric - G06F 30/00: Computer-aided design [CAD] - G06Q 10/063: Operations research, analysis or management - G06Q 10/0631: Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations - G06Q 10/06375: {Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change} - G06Q 10/06395: {Quality analysis or management} - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06Q 30/0201: Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data - G06Q 30/06: Buying, selling or leasing transactions - G06Q 30/08: Auctions - G06Q 40/04: Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange - G06F 2111/02: CAD in a network environment, e.g. collaborative CAD or distributed simulation - G06F 2111/10: Numerical modelling - Y10S 707/99945: Object-oriented database structure processing - Y10S 707/99948: Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract Systems and methods for the collaborative design, construction, and maintenance of fluid processing plants are provided. A collaborative commerce application may provide project management utilities, visualization utilities, dynamic pricing utilities, material procurement utilities, and certification utilities. These features may be integrated seamlessly into the collaborative commerce application. Communication among project team members in the design and construction of fluid processing plants may be made more efficient by providing automatic notifications via the collaborative commerce application. Version control may be used to ensure project team members are working with the latest designs and revisions. Access controls and other security features may be used to prevent confidential data from being disseminated unnecessarily. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computerized method for using a collaborative commerce application to provide a user with information associated with a first component that is part of a second component of a fluid processing plant, comprising: in a first computer process executed by a computer processor, displaying a two-dimensional drawing of the second component on a display at a client site, wherein the first component is included in the two-dimensional drawing, and wherein data used to display the two-dimensional drawing is stored at a central site in a computer aided design format for a three-dimensional graphical model; in a second computer process executed by the computer processor, providing the user with the ability to select a portion of the two-dimensional drawing that is associated with the first component; and in a third computer process executed by a computer processor, displaying the information associated with the first component on the display, wherein the information associated with the first component is stored at the central site and includes information associated with the three-dimensional graphical model, and wherein displaying the information further comprises selectively displaying information selected from a group consisting of a two-dimensional graphical model, a three-dimensional graphical model, text, a bill of materials, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising, in a fourth computer process executed by the computer processor, displaying a three-dimensional graphical model of the second component along with the two-dimensional drawing on the display at the client site. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the user with the ability to edit the information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the user with the ability to redline the information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the user with the ability to edit the two-dimensional drawing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the user with the ability to redline the two-dimensional drawing. ### Claim 7 A system for using a collaborative commerce application to provide a user with information associated with a first component that is part of a second component of a fluid processing plant, the system configured to: display a two-dimensional drawing of the second component on a display at a client site, wherein the first component is included in the two-dimensional drawing, and wherein data used to display the two-dimensional drawing is stored at a central site in a computer aided design format for a three-dimensional graphical model; provide the user with the ability to select a portion of the two-dimensional drawing that is associated with the first component; and display the information associated with the first component on the display, wherein the information associated with the first component is stored at the central site and includes information associated with the three-dimensional graphical model, and wherein displaying the information further comprises selectively displaying information selected from a group consisting of a two-dimensional graphical model, a three-dimensional graphical model, text, a bill of materials, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein the system is further configured to display a three-dimensional graphical model of the second component along with the two-dimensional drawing on the display at the client site. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 further configured to provide the user with the ability to edit the information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 further configured to provide the user with the ability to redline the information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 further configured to provide the user with the ability to edit the two-dimensional drawing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 further configured to provide the user with the ability to redline the two-dimensional drawing. ### Claim 13 A system for using a collaborative commerce application to provide a user with information associated with a first component that is part of a second component of a fluid processing plant, comprising: means for displaying a two-dimensional drawing of the second component on a display at a client site, wherein the first component is included in the two-dimensional drawing, and wherein data used to display the two-dimensional drawing is stored at a central site in a computer aided design format for a three-dimensional graphical model; means for providing the user with the ability to select a portion of the two-dimensional drawing that is associated with the first component; and means for displaying the information associated with the first component on the display, wherein the information associated with the first component is stored at the central site and includes information associated with the three-dimensional graphical model, and wherein displaying the information further comprises selectively displaying information selected from a group consisting of a two-dimensional graphical model, a three-dimensional graphical model, text, a bill of materials, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13 further comprising: means for providing the user with the ability to edit at least one of the information and the two-dimensional drawing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13 further comprising: means for providing the user with the ability to redline at least one of the information and the two-dimensional drawing.