Integration of distributed business process models
US8521570B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 28, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/06316
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A process modeling tool provides a process designer with the ability to design a plurality of business process models that include tasks for achieving a desired result(s). The process modeling tool allows the process designer to merge the process models into a merged process model by replacing event flow coordinators within the process models with control flow coordinators that dictate a flow of the merged process model. Accordingly, the process designer is allowed to use the merged process model for monitoring of a current status of the tasks, and for re-distributing the tasks in a desired manner for execution by selected entities, while the original process models are maintained and may be executed in their original execution environment.
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