Patent ID: 6976242
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for designing an information flow process, comprising: a data storage unit for storing a predetermined set of activity names in a predetermined sequence, the activity names respectively representing certain service operations; an input/output unit connected to said data storage unit for displaying the activity names as information provider activity names and information consumer activity names according to the predetermined sequence in a predetermined data flow definition (DFD) matrix format and for receiving user input data for specifying an information name, one of the information provider activity names and a corresponding one of the information consumer activity names; and a processing unit connected to said input/output unit and said data storage unit for organizing relationships among the information provider activity names, the information consumer activity names and the information names at a position in the predetermined DFD matrix format representing data to be transmitted from the information provider activity name to the information consumer activity name, said processing unit storing the relationships in an entity relation (ER) source information file, said input/output unit receives the user data for further determining associated detailed activities of a selected one of the activity names, said processing unit updating the predetermined DFD matrix format based upon the associated detailed activities for displaying the activity names, said processing unit storing the activity names with the associated detailed activities in the ER source information file.