Patent ID: 7917555
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing a document containing a drawing of an activity in a storage device, the drawing comprising a plurality of elements associated with a process; storing the location of the stored document in a database; storing at least one property in the database for each element in the drawing; storing locations of a plurality of documents containing drawings for a plurality of respective activities in the database and storing at least one property for each element in each drawing; storing a structural relationship in the database that describes the structural relationship between at least two elements in the drawing; a work model explorer generating a user interface comprising a list of elements found in the process; the work model explorer receiving a request to display one of the elements listed in the user interface from a user; performing a search of the database based on the request from the user to determine which document contains a particular drawing comprising the element and the location of the document that contains the drawing comprising the element; performing a security check to see if the user has rights to view the document containing the element; and if the user has rights to view the document containing the element: