Patent ID: 6738931
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A reliability assessment analysis system for use within an organization to perform analysis on at least one of components and systems of components, the system comprising:a plurality of analysis stations, at least one analysis station being at a remote location from other ones of the analysis stations, each one of the analysis stations being capable of performing reliability assessment analysis processes on components or systems of components; a plurality of database sites, at least one of the database sites located at a remote location from other ones of the database sites, each database site including a database of data, at least some of the data useable by at least one of the analysis stations; and a communications infrastructure providing a communication path between and among the plurality of analysis stations and the plurality of database sites, wherein the analysis stations and database sites are configured to provide a user of at least one of the analysis stations with access to more than a single one of the database sites, and wherein the analysis stations and database sites are further configured to update data stored on the database sites when new data is obtained; and wherein each of the database sites include, a communications module configured as a bi-directional interface to send and receive functions between the communications infrastructure; a database, sized to store data used by the system, and a database language to operate the database; and a journal agent module configured as an intelligent interface between the communications module and the database, wherein the journal agent module is configured to check for and ensure consistency and continuity of database entries and updates, and to respond to messages to other database sites in order to promote consistency and concurrence between all the database sites.