Method and system for object-oriented management of multi-dimensional data

US7853508B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SERENA SOFTWARE, INC. · US

Inventors

• John Scumniotales · Bainbridge Island, US
• Eric Burke · Northville, US
• Robert Cahn · Carmel, US
• Thomas Fannon · Redmond, US
• Mitchel Burns · Woodinville, US
• Michael Wayne Lester · San Antonio, US
• Jeff Hill · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 3, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing and analyzing multi-dimensional data are provided. Example embodiments provide a Meta-Object Data Management System “MODMS,” which enables users to arrange and to rearrange hierarchical relationships of the data on an ad-hoc basis and allows the data to be analyzed using any set of attributes (dimensions) while the system is running. The MODMS represents heterogeneous data in a normalized (standardized) fashion using an object type management system that allows the arbitrary coercion of one type of object into another different type of object and automatically resolves attribute dependencies. In one embodiment, the MODMS comprises an object type management subsystem; a meta-object instantiation subsystem; one or more data repositories; and an input/output interface. These components cooperate to allow the creation, management, and analysis of relationships between many different types of single and multi-dimensional data. The MODMS may be used to implement an enterprise portfolio management system.