System and method for managing data in multiple bills of material over a network

US7558793B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Arena Solutions, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Topolovac · San Francisco, US
• Eric Larkin · Palo Alto, US
• Janet Yu · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 24, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 7, 2009
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0875
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of storing and managing BOMs of different owners in the same environment. One or more BOMs have an owner. An owner's BOM includes may include confidential information such that unrestricted access to the confidential information is limited to the owner and any designates of the owner. In particular, one embodiment of the invention and maintains a list of items that include the items in the BOMs of the different owners. A unique identifier is used for each item of the list. The item identifiers thus form one namespace. BOMs of different owners share data including confidential data within the same namespace.