Process modeling and interface

US9342220B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Arijit Basu · Bellevue, US
• Tao Wang · Beijing, CN
• Yi Zhang · Nanhu, CN
• Sheng-Yang Peng · Sammamish, US
• Sridhar Srinivasan · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2013
• Grant date: May 17, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/109
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An instance of an existing data system has one or more processes. Each process has corresponding metadata. In one example method, metadata for a given process is accessed and a visual diagram of the process is automatically generated based on the diagram. The visual diagram is displayed on a user interface display and a user modification input is received on the user interface display modifying the visual diagram to obtain a modified visual diagram. The metadata corresponding to the process is modified based on the modification to the visual diagram.