Patent ID: 7143100
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of processing modeled data, comprising: accessing a data model of a modeled environment within a database, said data model including data defining a plurality of hierarchically arranged subsets of a data-defined space within the modeled environment, the model further including data defining a plurality of items populating the modeled environment; displaying, within a display device of a data processing system, a first window displaying a map of the modeled environment, said map including at least one user-selectable graphical element operatively associated with said model and further representing one of said plurality of hierarchically arranged subsets of said data-defined space or one of said plurality of items; displaying within the display device a second window; in response to a first user input, copying said graphical element from said first window and displaying said graphical element within the second window; in response to a second user input selecting said graphical element within said second window, presenting data from said database associated with said one of said plurality of hierarchically arranged subsets of said data-defined space or item represented by said graphical element; and displaying within the display device a whiteboard window to display features of the modeled environment by receiving said at least one user-selectable graphical element in response to a third user input, said whiteboard window further receiving one or more characteristics related to said at least one user selectable graphical element, said whiteboard window for manipulating said at least one user-selectable graphical element according to said one or more characteristics, where said at least one user-selectable graphical element is associated with said one or more characteristics and with data defining said plurality of hierarchically arranged subsets of said data defined space, and where said at least one user-selectable graphical element is used in processing the modeled data, where results of said processing are displayed within the display device.