Patent ID: 6141776
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for analyzing a sequence of process steps to determine whether the process steps can be re-sequenced as a data-driven process, the method comprising:(a) analyzing each process step for pass-through data items;(b) analyzing each data item output by a process step for redundant data generation;(c) analyzing each combination of step pairs for tight-loop iteration;(d) analyzing for implied iteration while creating a sequence of process steps;(e) analyzing each process step in the sequence having initial input data items for connected iteration;(f) analyzing each process step in the sequence having initial input data items for non-converging iteration;(g) analyzing each process step in the sequence having output data items that are initial input data items to another process step for inconsistent iteration;(h) analyzing each process step in the sequence having initial inputs for incomplete iteration; and(i) if no pass-through data items, redundant data generation, tightloop iteration, implied iteration, connected iteration, non-converging iteration, inconsistent iteration, or incomplete iteration are detected, indicating that the sequence of process steps can be re-sequenced as a data-driven process.