Patent Document ID: 8903701
Application ID: 13446333

Base Claim:
1. A method for structuring hardware information in a computer system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a Target Independent Model (TIM) which is independent from a hardware; structuring hardware information based on Meta Object Facility (MOF)-Hardware Component Modeling Language (HCML); and transforming the Target Independent Model (TIM) into a Target Specification Model, which depends on the hardware, using the structured hardware information and a model transformation language, wherein the step of structuring hardware information based on Meta Object Facility (MOF)-Hardware Component Modeling Language (HCML), comprises: defining a MOF-based Hardware Component Modeling Language (HCML) meta-model; and defining a model by using the meta-model of the Hardware Component Modeling Language (HCML) and representing architecture information on the model.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Hardware Component Modeling Language (HCML) meta-model comprises: a first hardware component package (HCP) for abstracting a hardware component; a first Port for connecting the first hardware component package (HCP) to a second hardware component package (HCP) to facilitate either inputting or outputting a signal; a hardware component information (HCI) containing hardware information; a hardware component resource (HCR) including Class and Element Properties for mapping the hardware component information (HCI), and the hardware component resource being an abstracted model to control the hardware; and a Connector for connecting the first Port to a second Port or connecting the first Port to the hardware component resource (HCR).