Patent ID: 8190399
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for creating architectural blueprints for a new computer network project, comprising: providing a set of parameters to analyze the new computer network project, wherein the set of parameters includes software parameters, hardware parameters, intellectual property parameters, and existing network infrastructure parameters, wherein the software parameters comprise information about at least one of software capabilities, software interrelationships, software dependencies, database capabilities, transaction capabilities, and concurrent user capabilities; wherein the hardware parameters comprise information about at least one of hardware specifications, hardware requirements, cost of the hardware, power requirements of the hardware, processing power, and architecture platform; wherein the intellectual property parameters comprise information about at least one of patent rights, licensing, trademarks rights, and incremental costs caused by the use of a new or existing network with existing infrastructure; and wherein the infrastructure parameters comprise information about at least one of existing infrastructure network facilities, existing networking capabilities, a current network configuration, types of networks existing, and available bandwidth on the existing networks; defining project requirements for the new computer network project by providing values for at least one of the parameters from the set of parameters; importing current data for the existing network infrastructure parameters; determining and displaying at least one option for the new computer network project based on the defined project requirements and the imported current data for the existing network infrastructure parameter, wherein each option corresponds to a different combination of values for the software parameters, the hardware parameters, the intellectual property parameters, and the existing network infrastructure parameters; determining and displaying parameter-specific consequences corresponding to the set of parameters for each option; and generating an architectural blueprint for at least one determined and displayed option for the new computer network project upon request.