Patent ID: 9374223
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of allowing inclusion of a structural component which is the confidential property of an owner in a third party remote product simulation, the method comprising, in owner modelling software: importing a component model including geometry of the component, mesh data and at least one material property of the component; encrypting a secure part of the component model which is to remain confidential to the owner using a software key, and leaving an interface part of the component model unencrypted; adding a restriction to the component model before the component model is exported, the restriction specifying simulation result data which is not to be visible to the third party; and exporting the partially encrypted component model to the third party for use in third party modeling software, wherein the interface part of the component model includes geometry data related to the physical relationship of the component model to one or more other components of the product.