Granted Patent B2

US 8,473,263 · App. 12/351,808 · Granted Jun 25, 2013

Inventors: William J. Tolone (Concord, NC); Elwood Wray Johnson (Concord, NC); Kyle Joseph Thieman (Matthews, NC); David Wilson (Charlotte, NC); Marc Thomas Calello (Charlotte, NC); Wei-ning Xiang (Charlotte, NC); Andrew Marcellus Stogner (Charlotte, NC); Seok-Won Lee (Charlotte, NC); Michael Russel (Cornelius, NC)

Abstract

Claims (52)

1. A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models, comprising:

(a) a first infrastructure data model that models a first physical infrastructure;

(b) a second infrastructure data model that models a second physical infrastructure, wherein the second physical infrastructure is a different physical infrastructure from the first physical infrastructure;

(c) a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the second infrastructure data model in response to a change in the first infrastructure data model;

(d) a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine;

(e) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the first infrastructure data model, and subsequently re-enable the element of the first infrastructure data model;

(f) wherein the first infrastructure data model comprises a transport network;

(g) wherein the second infrastructure data model comprises a channel network;

(h) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured to:

(i) run a consistency check,

(ii) regenerate relationships,

(iii) support redundancy, and

(iv) generate a relationship report;

(i) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine:

(i) support integrated model monitoring,

(ii) include an integrated model deletion shield, and

(iii) are implemented utilizing a means for validation;

(j) wherein the system is a web-enabled system; and

(k) wherein the system comprises a generic service framework.

2. A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models, comprising:

(a) a first infrastructure data model that models a first physical infrastructure;

(b) a second infrastructure data model that models a second physical infrastructure, wherein the second physical infrastructure is a different physical infrastructure from the first physical infrastructure;

(c) a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the second infrastructure data model in response to a change in the first infrastructure data model;

(d) a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine;

(e) a third infrastructure data model that is a behavioral model, said behavioral model representing an electrical power infrastructure;

(f) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the first physical infrastructure, and subsequently re-enable the element of the first physical infrastructure;

(g) wherein the system further includes automatic schema evolution.

3. A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models, comprising:

(a) a first infrastructure data model that models a first physical infrastructure;

(b) a second infrastructure data model that models a second physical infrastructure, wherein the second physical infrastructure is a different physical infrastructure from the first physical infrastructure;

(c) a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the second infrastructure data model in response to a change in the first infrastructure data model;

(d) a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine;

(e) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the first physical infrastructure, and subsequently re-enable the element of the first physical infrastructure;

(f) wherein the system further includes automatic schema evolution;

(g) wherein the first infrastructure data model comprises a transport network.

4. A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models, comprising:

(a) a transport network infrastructure data model that models a transport network physical infrastructure;

(b) a channel network infrastructure data model that models a channel network physical infrastructure;

(c) a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the channel network data model in response to a change in the transport network infrastructure data model;

(d) a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine;

(e) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the transport network infrastructure data model, and subsequently re-enable the element of the transport network infrastructure data model;

(f) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured to:

(i) run a consistency check,

(ii) regenerate relationships,

(iii) support redundancy, and

(iv) generate a relationship report;

(i) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine:

(i) support integrated model monitoring,

(ii) include an integrated model deletion shield, and

(iii) are implemented utilizing a means for validation;

(j) wherein the system is a web-enabled system; and

(k) wherein the system comprises a generic service framework.

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