Gary M Michaelis

US Patent:

20030220852, Nov 27, 2003

Filed:

May 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/063901

Inventors:

Andrew Back - Farmington CT, US
James Scanlon - South Windsor CT, US
Gary Michaelis - Oakville CT, US
Rcik Cornish - Terryville CT, US
Stanley Mason - Hardy VA, US
Thomas St. Louis - Schenectady NY, US
Mark Dausch - Castleton NY, US
Vrinda Rajiv - Guilderland NY, US
Charles Gilman - Troy NY, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/029000

Abstract:

The schema includes providing a first bill of materials, linking a parent part in the first bill of materials with a first child part by a first relationship, revising the first bill of materials by linking the parent part with a second child part by a second relationship, different than the first relationship, and, providing a revised bill of materials listing the first child part, first relationship, second child part, and the second relationship. The schema may be incorporated into a system and a storage medium encoded with machine readable computer program code.

US Patent:

20030220853, Nov 27, 2003

Filed:

May 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/063904

Inventors:

Andrew Back - Farmington CT, US
James Scanlon - South Windsor CT, US
Gary Michaelis - Oakville CT, US
Rick Cornish - Terryville CT, US
Stanley Mason - Hardy VA, US
Thomas St. Louis - Schenectady NY, US
Mark Dausch - Castleton NY, US
Vrinda Rajiv - Guilderland NY, US
Charles Gilman - Troy NY, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/029000

Abstract:

A method, system, and storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for managing changes in a bill of materials are disclosed and include providing an editor, the editor having a first frame and an adjacent second frame, displaying a parts list in the first frame of the editor, the parts list forming a subset of the bill of materials, and displaying search results from a search for parts in the second frame of the editor. A user interface for managing and navigating a bill of materials, the bill of materials listing a plurality of parts, is disclosed. The user interface includes a first frame including a parts list listing at least a subset of the bill of materials, a second frame providing search results of a search or details of a part listed in the first frame, and a third frame containing function buttons for performing operations between the first frame and the second frame.