Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Operations research or analysis
Patent
1995-06-21
1999-03-30
Thomas, Joseph
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Operations research or analysis
705 28, 345440, G06F 1760
Patent
active
058901302
ABSTRACT:
A system generates a model of a workflow. The system begins by displaying on a computer screen a first flowgraph between two horizontal time lines representing two respective participants. The first flowgraph comprises a plurality of vertical directional line segments extending between the two horizontal time lines and representing respective communications or other actions between the participants. Next, the computer receives a selection of a second flowgraph for display between one of the two time lines and a third, horizontal time line representing a third participant. The second flowgraph comprises a plurality of vertical directional line segments extending between the one time line and the third horizontal time line and representing respective communications or other actions between the participants represented by the one and third time lines. Then, the computer displays the second flowgraph between the one and third time lines. The computer also generates a verbal description of communications or other actions represented by vertical line segments that lead to or from each time line.
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Cox Norman Lloyd
Scherr Allan Lee
Snyder Kathleen Marie
International Business Machines - Corporation
Samodovitz Arthur J.
Thomas Joseph
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