Patent ID: 7606786
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for simulating process flows in the graphics industry and for displaying the result calculated in the simulated process flows and/or intermediate results, comprising the steps of: inputting or selecting at least one order data set representing a print job via a user interface of a computer; selecting process data sets representing machines via a graphical user interface, the process data sets representing the machines being stored in a library, the print job determining minimum requirements to be met by a machine to be eligible as a process data set for a simulation and excluding machines that do not meet the requirements from the simulation; distributing the at least one order data set among the selected process data sets; calculating links between the order data set and the process data sets as a function of the order data set and the process data set; wherein the calculating of the links between the order data set and the process data set includes an evaluation method, the evaluation method including making a query as to which process data set is capable of processing an input or selected order data set of the at least one process data set so as to define positively queried process data set; writing the positively queried process data sets to a resource table; establishing a ranking of the positively queried process data sets as a function of the process flow data and the order data set; selecting the process data set with a highest ranking; assigning the process data set with the highest ranking to the selected order data set; creating a process flow from the calculated links; calculating results or intermediate results for the process flow using the order data set; and outputting the results or intermediate results on a display of the computer.