Patent ID: 7788295
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. Computer apparatus for managing engineered product revisions, comprising: a repository holding one or more assets, for each asset the repository holding respective revisions of the asset, different assets forming different engineering products and having respective contents; and a revision manager tracking changes of state made to assets of the repository, each change of state made to a given asset resulting in a respective revision of the given asset, the revision manager enabling users to manage assets and revisions by providing to users a repository view illustrating for a subject asset that is a container (i) a timeline sequence of changes of state of the subject asset, and (ii) the contents of the subject asset, the revision manager rendering the timeline sequence in the repository view in user selectable modes including a show all mode and a location only mode, the location only mode illustrating revisions made to the subject asset up to a viewed location of the repository.