Patent Document ID: 7584161
Application ID: 11225138

Base Claim:
1. A computer-based method associated with business process logic configured to capture, structure and standardize subject matter expertise, tasks and activities into a process taxonomy, the method comprising: defining a first taxonomy of a plurality of nodes that define relationships among a plurality of activities and sub-activities; defining a second taxonomy of a plurality of nodes that define relationships among a plurality of business objects; defining a relationship between at least one of the plurality of business objects from the second taxonomy and at least one of the plurality of activities and sub-activities from the first taxonomy, the relationship being defined such that at least a portion of the at least one of the plurality of business objects can be accessed via the at least one of the plurality of activities and sub-activities based on the relationship; defining a business process by manipulating at least one of the activities and sub-activities from the first taxonomy and at least one business object from the second taxonomy; and displaying on a graphical user interface the defined business process based on the manipulating the at least one of the activities and sub-activities from the first taxonomy and the at least one business object from the second taxonomy.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising: selecting a first node from the first taxonomy to be moved; selecting a second node as a new root for the first node; eliminating inherited attributes from the first node that were derived from its previous root(s); inheriting attributes from the second node; and preserving attributes that were associated with the first node that the first node passed on to its sub-nodes.