Patent ID: 7835932
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for propagating relations between a first business parameter and a second business parameter wherein the first and second business parameters are invoked by a common workflow model, the method being implemented by one or more data processors and comprising: generating a map organized at hierarchical levels and providing a view of relationships between the first business parameter, the second business parameter, and other business parameters; integrating the first business parameter and the second business parameter using the common workflow model; tracing, by at least one data processor, paths along a first direction through the common workflow model from the first business parameter to the second business parameter; automatically enumerating, by at least one data processor, relations that extend along the first direction from the first business parameter to the second business parameter; using, by at least one data processor, multi-valued logic to compute the effects on the relations of control flow through the workflow model from the first business parameter to the second business parameter; and providing visual feedback in a graphical user interface to enable reconciliation of conflicts, redundancies and/or overlaps between the first business parameter to the second business parameter within the common workflow model; wherein the first business parameter and the second business parameter utilize conflicting terminology or rules and the common workflow model creates a format that allows interoperability between the first business parameter and the second business parameter; wherein the first business parameter and second business parameter are executed at different stages of a business process defined by the common workflow model; wherein the first business parameter and the second business parameter are chosen from the group consisting of a workflow, a rule set, and a rule.