Robert P Fintel

US Patent:

60918934, Jul 18, 2000

Filed:

Mar 10, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/814181

Inventors:

Robert P. Fintel - Centerville OH
Julian C. Hope - Jar, NO
Dag Karlsen - Horten, NO
Laila Rabe Osnes - Toensberg, NO

Assignee:

NCR Corporation - Dayton OH

International Classification:

G06F 1750

US Classification:

39550027

Abstract:

A computer implemented method of building an architecture visual model is disclosed. A plurality of architecture visual components are created each having a container. Each container includes a plurality of objects. Each of the objects are of a particular type. Each type of object has operations associated therewith for intra-container relationships and inter-container relationships. Each object is linked to at least another object in the same or another container and each object inherits properties from linked objects depending upon the operations associated with the linked objects. At least a portion of the architecture visual model is displayed which includes visual objects and linkages.

US Patent:

59034785, May 11, 1999

Filed:

Mar 10, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/815409

Inventors:

Robert P. Fintel - Centerville OH
Julian C. Hope - Jar, NO
Dag Karlsen - Horten, NO
Laila Rabe Osnes - Toensberg, NO

Assignee:

NCR Corporation - Dayton OH

International Classification:

G06F17/50

US Classification:

364578

Abstract:

Disclosed is a computer implemented method of displaying an architecture visual model in a symbol based table, the architecture visual model including a plurality of visual objects. Each of the visual objects is at a level relative to other visual objects and linked to at least one other object and is capable of inheriting information from other linked visual objects. Visual links indicate relationships among the plurality of visual objects. The level indicates the number of objects through which one object is linked to another object. Some of the visual objects are grouped into a first a group and a second group based on object types. The objects are arranged in the first group and the second group into a two dimensional table. The objects in the first group are in the first dimension and the objects in the second group are in the second dimension based on the linkages and levels between the objects. A visual symbol is denoted in the symbol based table to indicate a relationship between an object in the first dimension and another object in the second dimension at an intersection within the two dimensional table.