Patent Document ID: 8370123
Application ID: 13187700
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus to execute a business process simulation, the apparatus comprising: a simulation server; a first client device communicatively coupled to the simulation server, the first client device (a) registering at least one output of a first simulation model with the simulation server and (b) executing a first portion of the business process simulation; a second client device communicatively coupled to the simulation server, the second client device (c) registering at least one output of a second simulation model with the simulation server and (d) executing a second different portion of the business process simulation; a third client device communicatively coupled to the simulation server, the third client device (e) registering at least one output of a third simulation model with the simulation server and (f) executing a third portion of the business process simulation, the third portion of the business process simulation having an indirect influence on the first portion of the business process simulation via the second portion of the business process simulation; and a software program executing on the simulation server, the software program (g) determining simulation data associated with (h) the first client device, (i) the second client device, and (j) the third client device, wherein the software program facilitates creation of a simulation model that includes a first plurality of simulation model details to be exposed to a simulation participant and a second plurality of simulation model details to be hidden from the simulation participant.