Patent ID: 8521736

Claim:
A computerized method for managing a hierarchy of modules, the method comprising: displaying a user interface that enables a user to select from a first hierarchy tangibly embodied in a machine-readable storage device and a second hierarchy tangibly embodied in a machine-readable storage device, the first hierarchy including a module and a first sub-module, the module including a first hierarchical reference of a first type and a second hierarchical reference of a second type different from the first type, the module being associated with a component, the first sub-module being associated with a first sub-component of the component, the module being associated with the first sub-module using the first hierarchical reference, the second hierarchy including the module and a second sub-module, the second sub-module being associated with the first sub-component, the module being associated with the second sub-module using the second hierarchical reference; receiving, from a computer input device, a request from the user indicative of the first hierarchy or the second hierarchy; and providing the first hierarchy or the second hierarchy to the user based on the request.