公开(公告)号：AU2002346571A1

公开(公告)日：2003-06-10

申请号：AU2002346571

申请日：2002-11-26

Applicant: WORLDCOM INC

Inventor： CARLSON GREGORY G ,  GOLOBAY MIKE ,  MASON WILLIS ,  KNOBLOCK TERRY

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G06F17/30

Abstract: A method, system and program product are disclosed for enabling a user to construct a conceptual hierarchical framework representing a virtual or physical environment. The framework may then be populated with a collection of items. Users may graphically and intuitively view and manipulate various subsets of the environment's space as well as items placed within the modeled environment.

公开(公告)号：EP1459210A4

公开(公告)日：2007-01-17

申请号：EP02784640

申请日：2002-11-26

Applicant: WORLDCOM INC

Inventor： KNOBLOCK TERRY ,  CARLSON GREGORY G ,  GOLOBAY MIKE ,  MASON WILLIS

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  Y10S707/956 ,  Y10S707/99944 ,  Y10S707/99945

Abstract: A method, system and program product for modeling an environment containing a collection of items are disclosed. In accordance with the method, an environmental hierarchy (124) describing a model environment, a product catalog (126) containing data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment, and a configuration library (128) containing data describing a spatial relationship between first and second items among the plurality of items in the product catalog (126) are created. The modeled environment is then populated by storing, in a database (108), data representative of the spatial relationship between the environmental hierarchy and a collection of items including the first item.