Patent Document ID: 8855990
Application ID: 13165705
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising: computer code for receiving a request to create a design of at least a portion of a model of a network, the request indicating a selection of an object representing a resource of the network, and the object for use in creating the design of the at least a portion of the network model, wherein the request is received via an interface utilized for creating the design of the at least a portion of the network model; computer code for, in response to receiving the request to create the design of the at least a portion of the network model, identifying the object selected for use in creating the design of the at least a portion of the network model; computer code for determining that at least one discrepancy has been identified for the object from a validation of the object performed prior to receiving the request to create the design of the at least a portion of the network model, wherein the determination that the at least one discrepancy has been identified for the object is based on a stored result of the validation of the object performed prior to receiving the request to create the design of the at least a portion of the network model; and computer code for providing a response to the request to create the design of the at least a portion of the network model that is based on the determination that the at least one discrepancy has been identified for the object, wherein the response to the request is provided prior to satisfying the request to create the design of the at least a portion of the network model; wherein the computer program is operable such that in response to the determination that the at least one discrepancy has been identified, the provided response includes at least temporarily preventing a satisfaction of the request to create the design of the at least a portion of the network model, such that the request to create the design of the at least a portion of the network model is required to be resubmitted after the at least one discrepancy is resolved in order for the request to be satisfied.