Method for supporting a data transfer, computer program product, transmitter system, and transmission system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12461945-B2
Application number	US-202218704650-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2022
Priority date	Oct 26, 2021
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

A method for supporting a data transfer of project data includes providing a plurality of data units and acquiring unit-related meta data. The method also includes creating a plurality of individual containers. One of the data units and the assigned metadata are stored separately from each other in each individual container. The method also includes acquiring project-related metadata for information about a data context of the individual containers. The method also includes creating a main container in which the individual containers and the project-related metadata are stored separately from each other. The method also includes outputting the main container via the transmitter system for the receiver system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method for supporting a data transfer of project data from a transmitter system to a receiver system, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a plurality of data units of the project data by the transmitter system; acquiring unit-related meta data for information on a data context for each of the data units; creating a plurality of individual containers, wherein one of the data units and the assigned metadata are stored separately from each other in each individual container; acquiring project-related metadata for information about a data context of the individual containers; creating a main container in which the individual containers and the project-related metadata are stored separately from each other; and outputting the main container via the transmitter system for the receiver system.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the project data is assigned to a device that is to be produced, or has been produced and/or delivered, and wherein the unit-related metadata and/or the project-related metadata comprise identification information for assignment to the device.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the unit-related metadata are stored in machine-interpretable and/or human-interpretable form when the individual containers are created and/or that the project-related metadata are stored in machine-interpretable and/or human-interpretable form when the main container is created.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the provision of the data units and/or the acquisition of the unit-related metadata comprises an automatic extraction of the data units from a project database of the transmitter system.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a synchronization of the individual containers and/or the main container with the project database is carried out.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein when the main container is output, a receiver database is accessed automatically, wherein the data units are read from the main container based on the unit-related and/or the project-related metadata and are stored in the receiver database of the receiver system.

7 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:
mapping a data content of at least one of the data units and/or at least one of the individual containers in at least one unique individual identifier, wherein
when the main container is created, the unique individual identifier is stored separately from the individual container, in particular from the individual container assigned to the respective data unit, and/or separately from the main container.

8 . The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:
mapping a data content of the main container in a unique main identifier of the main container, wherein the unique main identifier is stored separately from the main container and/or output separately from the main container for the receiver system.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein in acquiring the unit-related metadata an individual metadata structure and/or in acquiring the project-related metadata an overall metadata structure is specified.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein during synchronization with the project database the project-related metadata, the main identifier and/or the individual identifiers are stored separately from the main container in the project database.

11 . The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the data units and/or the unit-related metadata are compressed and/or encrypted when the individual containers are created, and/or the individual containers and/or the project-related metadata are compressed and/or encrypted when the main container is created.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein in providing the data units a validation operation includes:
obtaining at least one of the data units; obtaining an external unique individual identifier of the data unit obtained; mapping a data content of the obtained data unit in an internal, unique individual identifier of the obtained data unit; and validating the obtained data unit by comparing the external unique individual identifier and the internal unique individual identifier.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing commands which, when executed by a computing unit, cause the computing unit to carry out the method as claimed in claim 1 .

14 . A transmitter system comprising:
a computing unit configured to carry out the method as claimed in claim 1 .

15 . A transmission system comprising:
the transmitter system as claimed in claim 14 ; and a receiver system configured to obtain project data from the transmitter system.

Assignees

• Ksb Se & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Moeller Romy
• Reinsdorf Mario

Classifications

• G06F16/285 Primary

  Clustering or classification · CPC title

• G06Q10/103 Primary

  Workflow collaboration or project management · CPC title