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System and method for defining and managing reusable groups software constructs within an object management system

US6427230B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 9, 1998
Grant dateJul 30, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 9, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/36
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for maintaining an object repository within an object management system where the objects are software constructs and the system provides a set of tools for creating packages of the objects that can be reused as well as monitored as they are changed or recombined. The packages themselves become new objects for the repository to store. The set of relationships within a package is also stored as are any relationships between any of the objects within the object management system object repository.

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