公开(公告)号：US06877033B1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-05

申请号：US09707325

申请日：2000-11-06

申请人： Wanda Carol Garrett ,  Martin Garrison ,  Jeffrey Robert Perry ,  Rex Liebert Allison, III ,  Richard Joel Levin ,  Vandana Sojorani

发明人： Wanda Carol Garrett ,  Martin Garrison ,  Jeffrey Robert Perry ,  Rex Liebert Allison, III ,  Richard Joel Levin ,  Vandana Sojorani

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02

摘要： Techniques are provided for designing a circuit that satisfies user-specified functional requirements without the user having to obtain additional education or possess specialized software. According to one embodiment, user-specified functional requirements are received over a network from a client executing a browser. The network may be, for example, the Internet. Based on the user-specified requirements, components and a topology for constructing the circuit are automatically determined. The components determined during this operation have operational values such that, when the components are arranged according to the topology to form the circuit, the circuit satisfies the user-specified functional requirements. One or more web pages that identify the components are then delivered to the browser over the network. According to one aspect of the invention, the component and topology information is used to generate a schematic diagram that is delivered in a web page to the user over the network. According to another aspect of the invention, the user is provided with a web page that has a control which, when selected, initiates an operation for placing an order over said network for one of the components, a kit of all of the components, a custom made circuit made from the components, and/or a prefabricated circuit that is functionally similar to the one that was designed.

摘要翻译： 提供技术用于设计满足用户指定的功能要求的电路，而不需要用户获得额外的教育或拥有专门的软件。 根据一个实施例，通过网络从执行浏览器的客户端接收用户指定的功能需求。 网络可以是例如因特网。 根据用户指定的要求，自动确定组件和构建电路的拓扑。 在该操作期间确定的组件具有操作值，使得当组件根据拓扑结构布置以形成电路时，电路满足用户指定的功能要求。 标识组件的一个或多个网页随后通过网络传送到浏览器。 根据本发明的一个方面，组件和拓扑信息用于生成在网页上通过网络向用户传送的示意图。 根据本发明的另一方面，用户被提供有一个网页，该网页具有一个控件，当被选择时，启动一个操作，以便在所述网络上放置一个订单以用于组件中的一个，所有组件的套件， 由组件制成的定制电路，和/或在功能上类似于设计的电路的预制电路。