Patent ID: 7800615

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for managing and coordinating a production via a universal timeline application executing on a computer system, the method comprising: storing a plurality of sets of data elements related to the production in a production database; displaying a universal timeline represented as a three dimensional grid, wherein each axis of the grid corresponds to a different data element type stored in the production database; displaying a first data locket on the universal timeline to represent a first set of data elements stored in the production database; displaying a second data locket on the universal timeline to represent a second set of data elements stored in the production database; and displaying a third data locket on the universal timeline to represent a third set of data elements stored in the production database, wherein a value for a first data element type associated with the first data locket is the same as a value for the first data element type associated with the second data locket, a value for a second data element type associated with the first data locket is the same as a value for the second data element type associated with the second data locket, and a value for a third data element type associated with the first data locket is not the same as a value for the third data element type associated with the second data locket, and wherein the value for the first data element type associated with the first data locket is the same as a value for the first data element type associated with the third data locket, the value for the second data element type associated with the first data locket is not the same as a value for the second data element type associated with the third data locket, and the value for the third data element type associated with the first data locket is the same as a value for the third data element type associated with the third data locket.