Patent Document ID: 20030074163
Application ID: 09682750
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. In an automated design system, a method of analyzing a design using predetermined analysis models, the automated design system including an integration server in communication with a plurality of subprocess servers each configured for conducting a subprocess analysis using one of the analysis models, the method comprising: receiving at the integration server an analysis request including a set of desired performance parameters; constructing at the integration server a set of design characteristics for meeting the desired performance parameters; and determining a set of design performance results associated with the set of design characteristics using the analysis models of the subprocess servers, wherein the step of determining comprises the steps of passing input information from the integration server to the plurality of subprocess servers; processing at least a portion of the input information to a format usable in the analysis model of each of the plurality of subprocess servers; and passing output information from each of the plurality of subprocess servers to the integration server and using the output information to determine the design performance results.