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

US7801916B1 · 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 12, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 21, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

A system for managing a bill of materials includes a data structure having at least one record with a primary key data field, an owner data field for indicating the owner of the record, the owner data field including data representative of one of a plurality of owners, and at least one other data field. In another aspect, the system for managing a bill of materials includes a database having a single namespace, and at least one record with a primary key data field, an owner data field for indicating the owner of the record, the owner data field including data representative of one of a plurality of owners, and at least one other data field.