US 11,755,784 B2
Tracking data acquired by coordinate measurement devices through a workflow
Martin Ossig, Tamm (DE); Oswin Horvath, Tamm (DE); and Daniel Flohr, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US)
Filed by FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,791.
Application 17/687,791 is a continuation of application No. 16/520,585, filed on Jul. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,321,491.
Prior Publication US 2022/0198065 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/64 (2013.01) [G06F 21/606 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0838 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for tracking digital assets, the method comprising:
providing a database for storing meta-data that describes steps in a workflow and an order of the steps in the workflow, the meta-data comprising for each of the steps:
a reference to an input data file for the step;
a description of a transaction performed at the step;
a reference to an output data file generated by the step based at least in part on applying the transaction to the input data file;
a time stamp of a time of an update to the output data file; and
an identifier of a person or processor initiating the update;
receiving data that comprises meta-data for a step in the workflow;
storing the data in the database; and
based on receiving a request from a requestor for a trace of the workflow:
generating the trace based at last in part on contents of the database; and
outputting at least a subset of the trace to the requestor.