Role-based product management system using proxy objects

US9613320B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• David P. Knawa · Vail, US
• Craig Edward McDonel · Bothell, US
• Mark A. Dahl · Kent, US
• Steven E. Franzen · Holden, US
• Donna Wynn McWaters · Norwalk, US
• Darwin G. Reed · Spanaway, US
• Robert J. Schreiber · Chesterfield, US
• Geraldine Rae Summers · Covington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for identifying information for a product. User input selecting a proxy object in a product design on a computer system is received. The proxy object refers to a number of product standards used in the product design and is associated with a component in the product design. A role of a user is identified. A request for standards information for the component is sent to an interpreter module. The role of the user is included in the request. The standards information is received in a format based on the role of the operator such that the standards information is displayed in the computer system.