Computer-implemented method and systems for assisting a user in applying a business process pattern

US8954850B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Thomas Gschwind · Zürich, CH
• Wolfgang Bernhard Kleinoeder · Neuwied, DE
• Jana Koehler · Oberrieden, CH
• Oleksandr Maystrenko · Horgen, CH
• Janette Siu Jong Wong · North York, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for assisting a user in applying a business process pattern. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method includes providing a graphical user interface (GUI) adapted for displaying a first representation of a business process and for allowing user editing of the business process. The computer-implemented method also includes receiving a user selection of a fragment of the business process as displayed in the first representation. In some embodiments, the computer-implemented method includes calling a second representation of the business process, the second representation including a hierarchy of fragments of business process, and checking whether the fragment selected by the user corresponds to one of the fragments of the second representation. The computer-implemented method may also include instantiating a business process pattern using the selected fragment if the fragment selected corresponds. The selected fragment is re-usable within the business process pattern.