Patent ID: 8560109

Claim:
A system for cross-coupling data manipulating actions executed in platforms of disparate equipment format to synchronously display disparate representations of an electronic design respectively thereat, the system comprising: at least first and second platforms having different equipment format, said first platform being programmably configured to execute a first collection of tools compatible with a first data representation format, said first collection of tools executing actions for selectively displaying at least a portion of the electronic design at the first platform; said second platform being programmably configured to execute a second collection of tools compatible with a second data representation format, said second collection of tools executing actions for selectively displaying said portion of the electronic design at the second platform; and a synchronizing controller coupled to said first and second platforms for selectively connecting at least one of the tools in said first collection with a corresponding one of the tools in said second collection to define a connected pair of tools, said synchronizing controller automatically interpreting a display control action actuated by one of said connected tools at one of said platforms to concurrently actuate a matching display control action by the other of said connected tools at the other of said platforms upon determination of a synchronization event supported by the connected tools; wherein said first and second platforms of disparate equipment format are bi-directionally linked for direct mutual control through said connected tools, each replicating substantially simultaneously a display control action executed by the other, said first and second platforms thereby synchronously displaying disparate representations of the electronic design to establish respectively thereat disparate viewing frames including graphically dissimilar abstractions for the same portion of the electronic design; whereby actions for locally displaying differently formatted representations of the same electronic design portion at platforms of different equipment format are bi-directionally synchronized; and, wherein the actions comprise changing said viewing frame displayed for an abstraction of said portion of the electronic design at one of said platforms for synchronized change of said disparate viewing frame displayed for a dissimilar abstraction at the other of said platforms.