Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Operations research or analysis
Reexamination Certificate
2003-10-31
2010-06-01
Boswell, Beth V (Department: 3623)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Operations research or analysis
C705S002000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C709S203000, C709S217000, C715S749000, C715S760000, C715S853000, C715S854000, C715S855000, C718S100000, C718S102000, C345S440000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07729933
ABSTRACT:
Techniques are provided for product life cycle management over an information network. More particularly, techniques are provided for decision support activation and management in accordance with a product life cycle management process such as a collaborative design process. In one aspect of the invention, a technique for managing at least one collaborative process performed in accordance with a first entity and at least a second entity, comprises the following steps/operations. Information associated with the at least one collaborative process is obtained. Based on at least a portion of the obtained information, an information structure (e.g., a context pyramid) representative of the collaborative process is dynamically maintained so as to assist at least one of the first entity and the second entity in managing at least a portion of the collaborative process.
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Chung Jen-Yao
Kumaran Santhosh B.
Sayah John Youssef
Wang, legal representative Haiyan
Ye Yiming
Boswell Beth V
Doubet Marcia L.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Pats Justin M
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