Patent ID: 8650261
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system with automatically updated reference values, comprising: a processing device configured to execute a software application to generate sizing and cost estimates, the software application employing one or more dynamic data items which change as a function of time; a memory device configured to store a plurality of tables, each table comprising data analogous to data included in a respective external information source from a plurality of external information sources and including the one or more dynamic data items which change as a function of time; and an update mechanism comprising a really simple syndication (RSS) aggregator configured to aggregate data from the plurality of external information sources and update the plurality of tables by: wherein the processing device upon execution of the software application employs a most recently updated value for the one or more dynamic data items in a gas and oil program to estimate sizes and costs of gas and oil facilities.