Patent ID: 8269789
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for designing a flow comprising: receiving a flow entered by a user on a graphical user interface, wherein said flow includes a plurality of interconnected objects each displayed on said graphical user interface and associated with a performance value; assigning a predetermined approximation for said associated performance value of each of said interconnected objects; determining approximations for said performance values associated with said objects based on comparisons of said predetermined approximations for said objects and prior to a simulation of said entered flow that produces precise performance values for said objects, wherein said performance value of each said interconnected object represents a rate of data provided by that object, and wherein said approximation for said performance value of each of one or more of said objects is determined from a comparison of the predetermined approximation for that performance value and determined approximations for performance values of one or more preceding ones of said interconnected objects within said flow and limited to a lowest approximation for performance values within said comparison; providing indications of said approximations for said determined performance values on said graphical user interface to enable verification of said entered flow prior to said simulation by indicating one or more areas within said entered flow with problematic data rate transitions between said interconnected objects; and enabling revision of said entered flow on said graphical user interface for said verification prior to said simulation, wherein said revision addresses one or more of said indicated problematic areas within said flow.