John J Mullen

US Patent:

20080244501, Oct 2, 2008

Filed:

Apr 2, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/695461

Inventors:

Warren E. Davison - Austin TX, US
John F. Mullen - Rochester MN, US
George R. Zettles - Rochester MN, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/50

US Classification:

716 18

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a method for obtaining physical component information that is associated with hierarchical and non-hierarchical symbols as represented within a logical schematic diagram. The method comprises extracting logical design data of a hierarchical schematic from a primary software application, identifying a hierarchical symbol for analysis, and determining at least one physical component that is comprised within a schematic diagram that is represented by the identified hierarchical symbol. The method further comprises determining a schematic diagram page and path that is associated with the determined at least one physical component, determining schematic diagram children pages and paths that are associated with a common parent page and path of the at least one physical component, determining the schematic diagram parent page and path of the at least one physical component.