Patent ID: 8813008
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for detecting design conflicts of a product or a process, the method comprising: processing, using a processor, a function model of a product or a process to identify a plurality of descriptions of functions to be performed by the product or the process, the function model identifying dependencies between the functions to describe how, why, and when respective functions are performed; detecting, using the processor, in the plurality of descriptions a first description and a second description, wherein the first description comprises a first design component name that matches a second design component name of the second description, a first descriptive noun that matches a second descriptive noun of the second description, and a first active verb that does not match a second active verb of the second description; flagging, using the processor, a relationship between the first description and the second description as a first conflict type; and displaying, on a display device, information regarding the first conflict type.