Patent ID: 7757949
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for structuring a system, comprising: receiving, at a data processing device, information characterizing a first article as having a first characteristic, wherein the information is received by interrogating a tag associated with the first article using an interrogation device; accessing a machine-readable description of a system of articles, the system description comprising the data processing device identifying a first relationship between a second article and a third article in the system of articles, wherein: establishing a second relationship between the first article and the third article, the second relationship emulating the one or more of the chemical interaction, the operational compatibility, and the electrical compatibility between the second article and the third article, wherein establishing the second relationship comprises the data processing device writing the second relationship into the machine-readable description of a system of articles; the data processing device identifying a third relationship between a fourth article and a fifth article in the system of articles, wherein: establishing a fourth relationship between the first article and the fifth article, the fourth relationship emulating the one or more of the chemical interaction, the operational compatibility, and the electrical compatibility between the fourth article and the fifth article, wherein establishing the fourth relationship comprises the data processing device writing the fourth relationship into the machine-readable description of a system of articles.