XML-based system and method for collaborative web-based design and verification of system-on-a-chip

Patent 7483913 Issued on January 27, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 8, 2025. 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

Hekmatpour, Amir

Assignee

international Business Machines Corporation

Application

No. 11222337 filed on 09/08/2005

US Classes:

707/102Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)

Examiners

Primary: Mofiz, Apu
Assistant: Nguyen, Cindy

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/50

Abstract

A computer-based design framework for collaborative design of a product by distributed design team members. The design framework comprises: a virtual database management system, which receives data from a plurality of distinct sources and creates a single relational database interface to each of the distinct sources; software code associated with the virtual database management system for mapping various informational structures utilized by the distinct sources to a common XML syntax; and additional logic associated with the virtual database management system that provides publishing rules for extracting information on demand and publishing the extracted information in a format recognized by a requestor of the information. When the product is a system on a chip (SOC) a special set of functions are generated that enable platform-independent application and services exchange utilizing XML wrapped data, service, and applications.

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