Patent ID: 9606772
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A non-transitory memory medium comprising program instructions for displaying information regarding a process, wherein the program instructions, when read from the non-transitory memory medium and executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to: display a first graphical representation of a diagram of the business process on the display, wherein the first graphical representation of the diagram comprises a plurality of icons connected by lines, wherein each of the icons represents a respective step in the business process, wherein the lines indicate flow paths between the steps in the business process; execute the business process corresponding to the diagram by interpreting, by a runtime environment of the computing device, program instructions associated with the plurality of icons such that the program instructions associated with the plurality of icons are executed by the computing device to cause one or more other data processing systems corresponding to the icons in the plurality of icons to perform their associated processes, wherein executing the business process corresponding to the diagram comprises: modify the diagram of the business process in response to user input after execution of the business process corresponding to the diagram and recording of the recorded data; simulate execution of a modified business process corresponding to the modified diagram to generate simulation data; compare the recorded data with the simulated data to identify differences between the recorded data and the simulated data due to the modification to the diagram; and display graphical indications emphasizing, in a second graphical representation of the modified diagram corresponding to the modified business process, the identified differences in the modified diagram based on results of the comparison, wherein the graphical indications visually indicate a difference in a characteristic of a flow path traversal in the modified diagram from a state of the characteristic in a flow path traversal prior to the modification of the diagram.