Patent ID: 8010940
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of designing a workflow process, the method comprising: placing a first object and a second object on a first computer based design canvas on a first client device to create a process map for a global process, the first object being indicative of a first step of the global process, the second object being indicative of a second step of the global process, wherein each step of the global process includes a property of defining a next step in the global process; connecting the first object to the second object with an arrow, the arrow being indicative of a progression in the global process from the first step to the second step; copying the global process to create a local process, the local process having a third step corresponding to the first step of the global process and a fourth step corresponding to the second step of the global process, wherein each step of the local process includes a property of defining a next step in the local process; and performing at least one of: (i) a modification to a property of a step of the local process without modifying a property of a step of the global process, and (ii) a modification to a property of a step of the local process by modifying a property of a step of the global process.