Patent ID: 6591278
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A project data management system, comprising:an integration server for storing one or more master meta-objects and one or more slave meta-objects, the master meta-objects being originated at the integration server and the slave meta-objects being originated at a remote site; one or more clients for accessing the master and slave meta-objects stored on the integration server; one or more enablers in the integration server, each enabler associated with each tool that is used to generate information stored as a collection of related meta-objects in the integration server, the enablers permitting the information represented as the meta-objects to be accessed by a user without accessing the particular tool; and one or more differencers in the integration server for comparing the values of the meta-objects being accessed by the user at predetermined time periods in order to determine if the particular meta-object has been changed and for updating the values associated with the meta-object when a change has occurred.