Patents Assigned to Trilogy Software, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7062493
    Abstract: An element order independent comparison of hierarchically organized data structures may be performed efficiently using a transformation operation that orthogonally and recursively encodes child node information. In some implementations, a hash table is defined for which values are encoded as powers of two. Each value is therefore orthogonal when combined using simple binary addition. At any particular node, a concatenation of node-specific information with a sum of child-node hashes is, itself, hashed and associated with the node. Orthogonal encodings ensure that a combination (e.g., an additive combination) of values corresponding to elements of a sub-hierarchy is insensitive to ordering of the elements. Recursion can be employed to fold in information contributions at successive layers of an information hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Trilogy Software, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Babka, Razvan Surdulescu
  • Patent number: 6405308
    Abstract: The invention provides the ability to interactively select and configure a product among a set of related products based on availability and compatibility of features and options. It does not impose an order in the selection of products, features or options; only valid selections can be made at any time. To create an electronic representation of the product information to achieve the above goal, the invention provides a framework for defining a systems by defining the components of the system using elements contained in a parts catalog and defining relationships between the components of a system. A configuration system validates a configuration using the system definition, the current state of the configuration and user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Trilogy Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Neeraj Gupta, Venky Veeraraghavan, Ajay Agarwal