Apparatus and method for gathering and entering data requirements from multiple users in the building of process models and data models

Patent 5590360 Issued on December 31, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 20, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Edwards, Geraldine E.

Application

No. 360195 filed on 12/20/1994

US Classes:

707/102, Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)434/350, Response of plural examinees communicated to monitor or recorder by electrical signals706/927Education or instruction

Examiners

Primary: Bowler, Alyssa H.
Assistant: Harrity, John

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Block; Marc

International Class

G06F 015/40

Abstract

A computer-based apparatus and method for gathering Information for data model and Process model development includes a plurality of terminals on a local area network at which multiple users enter Information in a structured manner in response to an ordered sequence of screens displayed for a given project; a centralized database for receiving the Information from the multiple users; and a bridge program for transforming the group-entered Information stored in the database into a format that a computer-based information engineering tool can create into a model. An analyst workstation is included to enable only an analyst to edit gathered Information in response to comments from users and provide certain consensus inputs.