Patent for Displaying Context-Based Completion Values in Asset Management Software

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Patent number 9009659 was filed by inventors Albert M. Johnson, Jr. and Andrew Joseph Mahen on March 4, 2014, and published online on April 14, 2015, by Total Resource Management, Inc. The patent describes a system and method for displaying completion values in an integrated development environment for asset management software. The inventors aimed to address the difficulty in writing scripts and programming code to interact with asset management software, citing the complicated nature of asset management software and the storage and maintenance of related assets. The patent provides a solution by accessing context-based values and relationships in the database on the asset management software server.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patent describes a system and method for displaying completion values in an integrated development environment for asset management software.
  • The system includes a computing system with a display device, input device, processing device, transmitting device, receiving device, and memory.
  • The processing device detects existence or absence of text preceding a cursor position in the displayed editor and identifies at least one completion attribute.
  • The system transmits the identified completion attribute to a computing server configured to execute asset management software and receives a plurality of completion values from the server.
  • The plurality of completion values is stored in the memory and displayed at the cursor position in the editor for selection by the user.
  • The patent highlights the difficulty in writing scripts and programming code to interact with asset management software due to its complicated nature and the storage and maintenance of related assets.
  • The inventors aimed to address this difficulty by providing a system and method for accessing context-based values and relationships in the database on the asset management software server.

Statistics:

  • Patent number: 9009659
  • Filing date: March 4, 2014
  • Publication date: April 14, 2015
  • Assignee: Total Resource Management, Inc.

Sources:

  • Johnson, Jr., Albert M.; Mahen, Andrew Joseph. Method and System for Displaying Context-Based Completion Values in an Integrated Development Environment for Asset Management Software. U.S. Patent Number 9009659, filed March 4, 2014, and published online on April 14, 2015. Patent URL: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9009659.PN.&OS=PN/9009659RS=PN/9009659
  • NewsRx LLC. Patent News: Johnson, Jr., Albert M.; Mahen, Andrew Joseph. Method and System for Displaying Context-Based Completion Values in an Integrated Development Environment for Asset Management Software. U.S. Patent Number 9009659, filed March 4, 2014, and published online on April 14, 2015.