Heather J Davis

US Patent:

7143100, Nov 28, 2006

Filed:

Jun 12, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/170616

Inventors:

Gregory G. Carlson - Plano TX, US
Heather Davis - Dallas TX, US
Kevin Lee Zierath - Plano TX, US
Chandra S. Vemulapalli - Plano TX, US
Vidhyaprakash Ramachandran - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

MCI, LLC - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 3/00
G06F 9/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

707101, 7071041, 715713, 715764, 709204

Abstract:

A data model of a modeled environment is maintained within a database. The data model includes data defining a plurality of hierarchically arranged subsets of space within the modeled environment and data defining a plurality of items populating the modeled environment. A data processing system displays within a display device at least first and second windows. The first window displays a map of the modeled environment, where the map includes at least one user-selectable graphical element representing one of the plurality of hierarchically arranged subsets of space or one of the plurality of items. In response to a first user input, a graphical element is copied from the first window and displayed within the second window. In response to a second user input selecting the graphical element within the second window, data from the database associated with the subset of space or item represented by the graphical element is presented.

US Patent:

7318015, Jan 8, 2008

Filed:

Jun 12, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/170615

Inventors:

Gregory G. Carlson - Plano TX, US
Heather Davis - Dallas TX, US
Kevin Lee Zierath - Plano TX, US
Chandra S. Vemulapalli - Plano TX, US
Vidhyaprakash Ramachandran - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

Verizon Business Global LLC - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G06F 13/10

US Classification:

703 21, 703 13, 703 23, 703 24, 709238, 709220

Abstract:

A data model of a modeled environment is maintained within a database. The data model includes data defining a plurality of hierarchically arranged subsets of space within the modeled environment and data defining a plurality of items populating the modeled environment. In response to a first user input selecting a plurality of features of the modeled environment, where each of the selected features is one of the subsets of space or one of the items, a plurality of graphical elements are displayed within a whiteboard window to represent the plurality of user selected features. A control for at least one function is also presented to the user in association with the whiteboard window. In response to a second user input selecting the control for the function, a logical connection between at least two of the plurality of features having corresponding graphical elements within whiteboard window are automatically generated by reference to a rule set. In addition, a graphical element representing the logical connection is displayed within the whiteboard window.