Method and apparatus for error proofing

US7260581B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Michael Orlando Cimini · Lancaster, US
• Jeffrey Stanley Keller · Cincinnati, US
• Gene E. Wiggs · Sharonville, US
• Bethany Kniffin · Niskayuna, US
• Christopher R. Hammond · Schenectady, US
• Peder Fitch · Vancouver, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2007
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99945
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one aspect, the present invention is a web-based system that facilitates rapid and reliable documenting, cataloging, and distributing of proven error proofing techniques. More specifically, and in an exemplary embodiment, a system includes a plurality of clients coupled to a web-based server. Each client includes a plurality of user interface classes and at least one class that provides access to a database. The server includes a plurality of servlets, and at least some of said servlets provide at least one of a database and server access capability to each client. The system further includes a database having a plurality of tables, and at least one of said tables includes at least one error proofing example. The database is accessed by each client via the server.