System and method for identifying, representing and evaluating information and decision flow requirements and processes in a transactional business system

US7974855B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Kunter Seref Akbay · Niskayuna, US
• Richard Paul Messmer · Rexford, US
• Christopher Donald Johnson · Clifton Park, US
• Angela Neff Patterson · Blacksburg, US
• Navneet Kapoor · Barwala, IN
• Marc Pavese · Saratoga Springs, US
• Peter Kalish · Clifton Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 27, 2004
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for representing information and decision flow requirements in a transactional business process is provided. The system comprises an information gathering object and a decision object. The information gathering object represents a piece of information used in the transactional business system and the decision object represents a satisfying condition for achieving an objective associated with the transactional business system. The system further comprises one or more information channels that link the information gathering objects to the one or more decision objects. The information channels represent the information and decision flow requirements within the transactional business system.