Patent ID: 9360853
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G05B

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for exchanging files and/or information for an overall development project between two development projects, the method comprising: providing a computer system that includes a first development environment with a first development project and a second development environment with a second development project to develop software for an electronic control unit, the computer system having a first memory region, in which a number of different types of files belonging to the first development project, and a first file collection container or set of containers, which contains all files relevant for the overall development project and belonging to the first development project, are stored; providing, in the first development environment, a first management unit, in which initial information for all files belonging to the first development project are stored; checking, via the first management unit for the purpose of export, whether all files relevant to the overall development project and belonging to the first development project are inserted in a current version in the first file collection; updating, via the first management unit, the first file collection, in that all files relevant to the overall development project and belonging to the first development project are included in a most recent version in the first file collection or left in the current version and deleting obsolete files; exporting the updated first file collection to the second development environment, the second development environment having a second management unit, in which second information on all files belonging to the second development project are stored, the computer system having a second memory region, in which a number of different types of files belonging to the second development project and a second file collection, in which all files relevant to the overall development project and belonging to the second development project are included, are stored, synchronizing and/or updating, via the second management unit, the second file collection and the files belonging to the second development project via the exported updated first file collection and importing the updated files into the second development project; storing a rule set in the first memory region and/or in the second memory region, the exporting of the first file collection and/or the importing of the second file collection occurs by the respective management unit according to the rules defined in the rule set; defining different types of files and categories for the different types of files in the rule set; and assigning, via the first management unit, at least one category to the files during the incorporation of files in the first file collection.