Name of the project Objective /Vision Users of the system

Functional Requirements

Micro-Inventions Management System To provide inventors a way to have their local/ micro inventions recorded and shared with others on the network for the further processing from registering till getting a patent. 1. Inventors register with Micro Invention Firm will get a account number and a photo identification is generated for him/ her. 2. Firm Advisors/ Domain Experts to evaluate individual inventions registered and continue with further assistance required till a patent is awarded. Inventor 1. Secure identification. a. Identification of anyone assisting the inventor in using the application. 2. History of inventions, future options. 3. Opportunities in the domain of the inventors operation or expertise. 4. Roadmap for inventions and returns on knowledge invested/ collected. Advisor

1. Details of individual inventor. 2. Relevant history of inventions recorded. 3. Brief and relevant recordings about the invention
recorded or reported by the user.

4. Initial review of invention reported by the inventor/

user.

5. Planning future activities for that invention.

Domain Experts: 1. Evaluate the inventions reviewed by Advisors for most productive & useable invention. 2. Decide upon the further assistance to be provided to these individuals. 3. Government support available in inventors domains. Non-Functional Requirements Secure access of confidential data (inventors details). SSL can be used. ii. 24 X 7 availability iii. Better component design to get better performance at peak time Flexible service based architecture will be highly desirable for future extension

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Optional Features User Interface Priorities

A. Professional look and feel B. Use of AJAX atleast with all registration forms C. Browser testing and support for IE, NN, Mozila, and Firefox. D. Use of Graphical tool like JASPER to show strategic data to admin

Reports

E. Reports exportable in .XLS, .PDF or any other desirable format 1. For user: 2. Invention record. 3. Statement of privacy from Micro-Inventions firm. 4. For Micro-Inventions firm: 5. Invention records by language. 6. Services used and requested. 7. Planning additional services for inventors. 8. For Administrators: 9. User names. 10. Duration of use. 11. Any next scheduled date of use. 1. 2. Transactions may be assisted by CSC operator. This is why assistant-identification is important. Some level of face-to-face administrator-interaction is important. Plan your business process accordingly.

Other Important Issues

Team Size Technologies to be used Tools to be used

2- 4 members UML, J2EE, XML, e-Forms, AJAX, Web 2.0, Web-services, SOA ROSE/RSA / WebSphere Modeler Eclipse/ RAD / Lotus Forms Designer / Portlet Factory WebSphere Portal/ WAS/ WAS CE / WPS DB2 Express C or DB2 UDB Tivoli CDP/TSM / Tivoli Directory Server

Final deliverables must include

Linux will be the preferred OS. A. Online or offline help to above said users, Application deployment executive and developer B. Application archive ( .war/.ear ) with source code C. Database backup and DDL Script D. Complete Source code

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