Patent ID: 6327594
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for enabling a central data management system to interact with a pervasive computing device, comprising the steps of providing a common access protocol for enabling any pervasive computing device capable of executing a control program tangibly embodying a program of instructions to interact with a centralized data management system, and providing a commonly accessible data management system which possesses a plurality of data managers for data residing in a data repository managed by a virtual control repository, wherein said data management system possesses a plurality of data managers, and the method further comprises the steps ofproviding said plurality of data managers in one or more layers of a layered architecture, and performing with a data manager and with a user input via an API a plurality of processes on data residing in heterogeneous data repositories of computer system including promotion, check-in, check-out, locking, library searching, setting and viewing process results, tracking aggregations, and managing parts, releases and problem fix data under management control of a virtual control repository having one or more physical heterogeneous repositories, and storing, accessing, tracking data residing in one or more said data repositories managed by said virtual control repository.