Patent ID: 9098940
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for processing graphic objects in a flow diagram, comprising the steps of: obtaining a flow diagram, the flow diagram being a part of a flow diagram topology file stored in a computer readable storage, wherein said flow diagram is executed by a diagram execution engine; inserting probe points, in a process that is executing the flow diagram, for invoking an interface provided by the diagram execution engine to obtain execution stage information; obtaining the execution stage information, wherein the execution stage information is data generated when executing said flow diagram, wherein the execution stage information includes information about a plurality of in-connections of a node in the flow diagram; obtaining a layout policy, wherein said layout policy at least designates the conditions for determining a primary path in the flow diagram using the execution stage information; selecting those in-connections from the plurality of in-connections of the node whose information does not satisfy a predetermined condition specified in the layout policy; marking, without disconnecting the node, the selected in-connections as disconnected from the node, wherein connecting a second node to the node uses another in-connection of the node that is not marked as disconnected; determining the primary path using the execution stage information based on the layout policy; and displaying prominently said primary path during displaying said flow diagram.