US 6,983,254 B2 | ||
Method and apparatus for accepting and processing an application for conformity of a user dictionary to a standard dictionary | ||
Satoshi Ito, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Filed on Jul. 24, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/910,848. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2000-224257 (JP), filed on Jul. 25, 2000. | ||
Prior Publication US 2002/0013741 A1, Jan. 31, 2002 | ||
Int. Cl. G06F 17/60 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 705—26 | 17 Claims |
1. A method for accepting and processing an application for conformity of a supplier dictionary to a standard dictionary using
a computer system, said standard dictionary, which is used for an electronic catalog of a component, having a classification
hierarchy consisted of a component class related to a tree structure and a property of the component class, said method comprising;
receiving application data for said application transmitted from said supplier in respect to said supplier dictionary, the
application data including information as to whether or not the supplier dictionary is intended for open to public, a conformity
level, and a license level;
determining whether or not said supplier dictionary is intended for open to public with reference to said application data;
determining charge level according to the conformity level and the license level included in said application data if the
supplier dictionary is intended for open to public;
transmitting data indicating the determined charge level to said supplier;
transmitting a verification program to said supplier in order to verify, at the side of said supplier, the conformity at the
conformity level indicated in said application data;
transmitting said standard dictionary to said supplier; and
charging said supplier in accordance with said determined charge level.
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