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May 3, 2000 |
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ANSYS Patents Web-Based Engineering Report SOUTHPOINTE, PA, May 2 -- ANSYS, Inc. has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that protects the company's technology for automatically generating reports from engineering data that represents attributes of physical objects created by CAD or CAE software. This technology has been introduced to the engineering-simulation market as DesignSpace Report and is contained in the ANSYS DesignSpace products. "Today's business world demands a complete solution that will speed up and simplify the development process, and we continue to push the envelope with features like advanced Internet reporting," said Jim Cashman, ANSYS president and CEO. "This patent recognizes many years of diligent research and is an excellent example of how we continue to evolve our technology." According to ANSYS, the patent is a system for automatically generating a report from engineering data stored in a database and is comprised of a user computer having a browser for requesting an HTML file. A Web server generates the requested HTML based on Active Server Pages technology. The ASP file includes script for instantiating a component. The component -- a dynamic link library -- includes an automation hierarchy. The ASP page includes script for actively generating the report through interaction with the instantiated objects. The HTTP protocol connects the user computer with the Web report through interaction with the instantiated objects. The HTTP protocol connects the user computer and the Web server. The term of the patent (# 6,055,541) is approximately 17 years and will provide ANSYS, Inc. with the intellectual property rights to ensure that this Web-based report is fully protected.
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