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| 20100063936 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING RISK MITIGATION PLAN ALTERNATIVES - The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for evaluating risk mitigation plan alternatives, to manage the risks related to a business process. A criteria model is defined, including one or more criteria against which the risk mitigation plan alternatives are evaluated. Weights are also assigned to the criteria. One or more risk assessors assign scores to the risk mitigation plan alternatives with reference to the criteria model, based on a predefined scale. Thereafter, the utility values of the risk mitigation plan alternatives are calculated, based on the weight and a probability assigned by a risk assessor, wherein the probability is a measure of the uncertainty in the score assigned to the criteria. The risk mitigation plan alternatives are evaluated, based on the utility values, and accordingly, an optimal risk-mitigation plan may be selected. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063937 | TARIFF MANAGEMENT TEST AUTOMATION - A method for an operator to test tariff and/or billing configurations using a computer based system, the method being effected by a user interface, said method including the steps of creating through said computer based system one or more accounts from a selection of a first set of options by the operator from the user interface, allocating a service or services to each account from a selection of a second set of options by the operator from the user interface said allocated services being assigned to said accounts by said computer based system, adding at least one package or component to each account from a selection of a third set of options by the operator from the user interface said packages or components services being assigned to said accounts by said computer based system, associating at least one usage file to each account from a selection of a fourth set of options by the operator from the user interface said usage files being assigned to said accounts by said computer based system thereby providing bulk test data; and simulating operation of the accounts with said bulk test data using said computer based system to provide the operator with information on the cost of the usage defined in the at least one usage file according to the services and component and/or package associated with said accounts which define the tariff and/or billing configuration. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100070425 | ECOSYSTEM VALUE STREAM OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE - A method, system and device define a common enterprise framework that aligns many major architecture and process reference models in the prior art. The method utilizes loosely coupled arrangements of common building blocks for defining process stream flows, process stream flow interdependencies and process knowledge benchmarks for both structure and process maturity. The framework system and method facilitate assessment of process flow stream value and value tradeoffs that management may use for optimizing competitiveness value within enterprises and federations of enterprises. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100088248 | TARIFF MANAGEMENT CONFIGURATION AUTOMATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a new tariff and/or billing configuration for a tariff and/or billing plan on a computer based system using an entity framework for an hierarchical arrangement of entities, the hierarchical arrangement representing a tariff and/or billing configuration, with each entity representing one or more characteristics of the configuration. One method provides that the entity framework is populated by copying an existing entity and/or by generating a new entity. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100094770 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD TO FACILITATE ANALYSIS AND/OR PLANNING OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS - A user interface and method are disclosed for facilitating analysis and/or planning of business operations. The user interface includes may include a plurality of user interface elements, at least some of which characterize associated components that may be employed to compute data. Stored account data is processed to generate base data for one or more selected accounts. The base data may be further processed by components associated with the user interface elements, such as by a method, key results area data, action plan data, and/or calendar data, to provide an impact value that results in the base data being adjusted accordingly. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100100499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COSTS SAVING PROCEDURE AUTOMATION AND RESULT OPTIMIZATION IN LOOPING INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT - System for optimization of production with added value and for integration of the best business practices, which is characterized in that it includes two base modules of services application software, said first base being a central module A connected, for data extraction, with the organization information system or database for the anticipation of costs and for the control of the piloting, common to all the models, said second base being a peripheral module B of learning acceleration and to structuring of technical information actionable by the user, said second module B being an interface connected to the first module A by the connection C. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100114792 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, DATA STORAGE MEDIUM - When unit images UP output for display on a screen of a display device | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114793 | Extended management system - A method of and system for transforming data representative of an organization into a model that supports the management and optimization of one or more aspects of organization risk and value, the development and optimized delivery of standard and customized risk transfer products for one or more organizations, and the development, valuation and sale of securities for one or more organizations. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100131421 | COMPUTING DEPENDENT AND CONFLICTING CHANGES OF BUSINESS PROCESS MODELS - Changing a business process model involves several aspects: (1) given a set of change operations, dependencies and conflicts are encoded in dependency and conflict matrices; (2) given a change sequence for a process model M, the change sequence is broken up into subsequences such that operations from different subsequences are independent; (3) given a change sequence for a process model V | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100153294 | DETERMINING VALUES FOR CHARACTERISTIC VALUE COMBINATIONS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for determining a quantity to be produced for each of two or more product types, where each product type is specified by one or more characteristics. An input specifying a desired distribution of the total quantity among the one or more characteristics is received. If the desired quantity to be produced of a product type is a non-integer value, the desired quantity is rounded to an integer to generate a final quantity to be produced for each product type. The final quantity preserves both a total quantity and the desired distribution of the total quantity among the one or more characteristics. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153295 | Scenario-Dependent Evaluation Formula - Software is disclosed that creates a way of controlling alterations to cell contents of a data flow network so they can easily be turned on and off as separate layers. These layers can then be grouped as scenarios. Scenarios allow different layers of formula changes to be easily added and removed from the model. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100169233 | SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFORMATION IN CONTEXT - A software system that uses the rigor and rules of business process automation to capture and structure organizational expertise, processes, and procedures—the non-automatable activities and actions of an organization—into a single, common, enterprise-wide, information framework. The capture function is engineered for usability and structured to reflect the patterns and semantics of business users rather than imposing software or process terminology. The produced framework generates a process-driven, centralized taxonomy of information and resources as business requirements are captured. The framework delivers users an organization-specific context to activities and information to be used for learning, training, reference, improvisation, collaboration, and operations. Said system has application in disseminating policies, procedures and compliance; business continuity; improved productivity and culture; training and learning; increasing the return on existing and requirements gathering for future IT investments; employee attrition, retention, and on boarding; capturing and managing knowledge and intellectual capital; and continuous improvement and process reengineering. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169234 | Method for Capturing the Essence of Product and Service Offers of Service Providers - A computer implemented method of constructing a computer implemented knowledge base, of evaluating a plurality of invoices, of knowledge refinement and generation, as well as a computer implemented knowledge base for analyzing a plurality of invoices. The methods comprise receiving the invoices, semantic and logically analyzing them to identify the invoice items (parameters and algorithms of service providers, billing plans, user profile, consumption pattern and debits) and relations connecting them and construct the knowledge base. The knowledge base comprises a hierarchic taxonomy of billing plans related to services of any domain (telecommunications services, banking, insurance, utilities etc.) and a computer implemented generic invoice constructed in reverse engineering logic for simulating debits. Debit simulations are done in order to achieve: | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100179918 | PILOT ANTHROPOMETRIC SCREENING SYSTEM - Methods and systems for determining a subject's suitability for workstations such as aircraft cockpits, based on the subject's anthropometric measurements. The subject's measurements are used as input to a workspace accommodation model that predicts an individual's ability to perform the tasks that are judged to be critical to the safe operation of said workspace. The workspace accommodation model is derived from experimentation and testing to determine the critical anthropometric measurements which will allow a subject to acceptably accomplish the tasks required for the workspace. Furthermore, the model is modular and adaptable such that it can improve the accuracy of its predictions with new cases, and thus learn over time. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100185553 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MARKING OBJECTS - In a method and system for marking objects which pass through different process stages, the objects are described ontologically for the respective process stages, and classes and/or relations for marking the objects as equivalents are linked to one another. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100191665 | SERVICE VALUE CALCULATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A service value calculation system includes: crisis problem inspection means which detects a crisis or a problem of a service object; and virtual damage amount calculation means which calculates a virtual damage amount generated if a detected crisis or problem is not solved when a service is not applied and calculates the service value. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100205106 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL SAFETY OF A SYSTEM - A method for increasing the operational safety of a system with regard to an event impairing said operational safety, has the following steps: preparing structured assessment information concerning the event, whereby a frequency value is stored in a data structure as an item of assessment information for each damage parameter value from each quantity (S) of preset damage parameter values and for a probability from a quantity (P) of predetermined probabilities, evaluating the assessment information data of the data structure in order to calculate a risk of the event impairing the operational safety. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100211518 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CO2 EMISSIONS - Estimations of carbon dioxide (“C02”) emission of an entity upon the condition of incomplete or missing data uses one or more algorithms implemented in a machine having a processor and a memory and data concerning the entity. The data is applied to an algorithm implemented as code executable in the processor. The algorithm produces a result that comprises an estimate of the C02 emission of the entity. The C02 emission estimate can be output to a user, and the underlying formula and data can inspected and optionally modified by users with suitable permissions. The C02 emission estimate can be applied as a factor in a formula to compute a rating for the entity which can be output from the machine. Error estimates associated with the data used by the algorithm can be generated to provide improved estimates. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100217724 | AUTOMATED SOLAR COLLECTOR INSTALLATION DESIGN INCLUDING VERSION MANAGEMENT - Embodiments may include systems and methods to create and edit a representation of a worksite, to create various data objects, to classify such objects as various types of pre-defined “features” with attendant properties and layout constraints. As part of or in addition to classification, an embodiment may include systems and methods to create, associate, and edit intrinsic and extrinsic properties to these objects. A design engine may apply of design rules to the features described above to generate one or more solar collectors installation design alternatives, including generation of on-screen and/or paper representations of the physical layout or arrangement of the one or more design alternatives. Some embodiments may provide viewing, creating, and manipulating of multiple versions of a solar collector layout design for a particular installation worksite. The use of versions may allow analysis of alternative layouts, alternative feature classifications, and cost and performance data corresponding to alternative design choices. Version summary information providing a representative comparison between versions across a number of dimensions may be provided. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100223198 | System, Method and Program Product for Targeting and Optimal Driving Force Distribution in Energy Recovery Systems - A system, methods, and user-friendly program product to optimize energy recovery or a process or cluster of processes under all possible process changes and stream-specific minimum temperature approach values without enumeration, are provided. The program product can utilize stream-specific minimum temperature approach values ΔT | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223199 | ANALYSIS OF THIRD PARTY NETWORKS - A method of analyzing customer behavior, where customers are engaged in customer-to-customer transactions in the third-party network, includes the transformation of data representing the customer-to-customer transactions from a data representation to a network representation, and then analyzing the network representation. The network representation includes a set of nodes and a set of links where each node represents a customer and each link represents a transaction between two of the customers. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100228681 | Semi-quantitative risk analysis - A semi-quantitative analysis on the risk management process increases the possibility of performing an accurate risks comparison, making easier the identification of which risks shall be prioritized and shall receive the greatest mitigation efforts. Specifically, the semi-quantitative risk analysis enables an improved risks comparison for evaluating the consequences of each risk considering its impacts on the project's Net Present Value (NPV), reflecting the project's cash flow at different times. The use of such method makes the prioritization process more efficient, helping the managers and other personnel involved on the process to focus their efforts to the most critical risks for the project's success. In this sense, the risk management process becomes more efficient and better able to provide better support to the project decision makers. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228682 | Project Simulation Method and System - A simulation for an efficient allocation of the resources, such as funds and manpower, can be performed in plural concurrent projects in order to minimize a delay period and excess of cost. The simulation is practiced with each project regarded as an agent and the optimized solution is outputted by using a genetic algorithm. Specifically, a risk factor of each project is inputted by input means, and the optimal allocation of facilities and labor is determined by arithmetic means with a delay period and a delay event probability using a delay risk model, time development of production, and minimization of an objective function. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228683 | ISSUING SYSTEMS, ACQUIRING SYSTEMS, AND PAYMENT NETWORKS/SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT - An exemplary system is adapted for developing, testing, and operating payments and funds transfer systems, such as, for example, issuing systems, acquiring systems, and/or payment networks/systems. A model content repository stores elements for system models. An integrated development environment allows users to access the model content repository and design models. A deployment manager is adapted to compile and test models that have been defined and stored in the model content repository. The compiled code is executed in a platform runtime environment. Information that is collected from an executing system is communicated to the integrated development environment where the information may be presented to a user. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100235296 | FLOW COMPARISON PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus includes an extracting unit which specifies a most frequent occurrence position section regarding an event category of an event in a first flow data and associates a most frequent occurrence group including the most frequent occurrence position section and the event category, and a display unit which displays a node included in second flow data and an occurrence position section of the node and displays the event category and the most frequent occurrence group. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100262557 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING USERS IN PROCESS-DRIVEN ENVIRONMENTS - An extension to existing enterprise applications guides users through activities related to a business process. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100262558 | Incorporating Development Tools In System For Deploying Computer Based Process On Shared Infrastructure - A method of setting up a development environment for development work on a computer based business process, involves providing a software model ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100262559 | Modelling Computer Based Business Process And Simulating Operation - Modelling a computer based business process having a number of functional steps, involves providing software candidate models ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100268662 | CONTACT CENTER DATA VISUALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A data visualisation system is disclosed that includes an interaction database, a retrieval component, a display component, and a contour generator. The interaction database is maintained in a computer memory of interaction data representing interactions between customers and at least one merchant. The retrieval component is configured to retrieve from the interaction database data representing interactions between customers and the merchant, and to construct a finite set of data values from the retrieved data. The display component is configured to display a graphical representation of a merchant and a graphical representation of each of the set of data values centered on respective data points disposed on a representation of a bell-shaped curve. The contour generator configured to generate and display one or more contour lines at least partly around each data point to form a bell-shaped curve, in which the areas of representation around each data point are shown in a series of contour lines, and the nature of the contour lines for each data point are preferably represented to gradually drop off or fan away from each data point, wherein each data point is displayed as a local maximum at an apex of the bell-shaped curve. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100274733 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED TAXONOMY GENERATION - Methods and systems to automate the taxonomy generation process and allow for automatic synchronized cross-industry taxonomy updates. A standardized cross-industry taxonomy generation procedure is provided, which is easy to use and allows for fast generation of taxonomies. The errors in taxonomy generation are reduced, while producing synchronized industry-specific taxonomies. A software application, facilitates the automation of the taxonomy generation process and allows for automatic cross-industry taxonomy updates. A standardized cross-industry taxonomy generation procedure is characterized by error reduction in cross-industry taxonomy generation. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100306125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE MOST FAVORABLE LOCATIONS FOR ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM APPLICATIONS - A system and method for determining the most favorable locations for enhanced geothermal system applications are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises receiving input data comprising characteristics of a subsurface geothermal resource and spatial parameters associated with extracting the subsurface geothermal resource, generating formulas and look-up tables based upon the input data, wherein the formulas and look-up tables relate a cost per rate to spatial attributes associated with the subsurface geothermal resource. Geographic information is combined with the formulas and look-up tables to create a map of the cost of each component of a plurality of components. A map is output of a total cost of electricity generation capability associated with the subsurface geothermal resource, wherein the total cost is calculated by summing the cost of each component of the plurality of components. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110004564 | Model Based Deployment Of Computer Based Business Process On Dedicated Hardware - A method of automated deployment managed by a service provider, of a computer based business process, involves generating a model ( | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004565 | Modelling Computer Based Business Process For Customisation And Delivery - A modelling system to provide a computer based business process for an enterprise, allows the enterprise to input values for a plurality of non functional requirements ( | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110016058 | METHOD OF PREDICTING A PLURALITY OF BEHAVIORAL EVENTS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A computerized method includes: programming a computer to statistically analyze data describing a plurality of types of behavior for a plurality of entities in order to construct a plurality of behavioral patterns; and programming the computer to compare data describing an entity with the plurality of behavioral patterns in order to use one of the plurality of behavioral patterns as a predictive behavioral pattern predicting a plurality of behavioral events for one type of behavior of the entity occurring over any amount of time up to a lifetime of the entity. A computerized method of displaying information includes: programming a computer such that a plurality of windows are displayed by a display device and show a plurality of live systems. The windows show where in the plurality of live systems, the computer derived the information that is requested by the user and that is displayed. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110022538 | PROCESS MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM AND SIMULATION METHOD - There is provided a process management support system and the like which supports searching continuously a business process appropriate to a change of the external environments. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110040697 | REASSIGNMENT AND RECONCILIATION FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SALES TERRITORIES - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for using multi-dimensional modeling techniques to handle gaps, overlaps, and reassignments of opportunities for sales territory management. Embodiments use multi-dimensional modeling to define territories in such a way that accounts for applicable territory criteria as sets with logical boundaries, rather than as a defined rule-based architecture (e.g., as dimensions in a territory hypercube). The multi-dimensional model is de-normalized to capture the multi-dimensional nature of the sales territory definitions while, for example, flattening hierarchical trees and minimizing or eliminating the need for ordinal processing of the data. In some embodiments, the de-normalized territory definitions are used to facilitate efficient and reliable gap and/or overlap processing (e.g., detection, reconciliation, etc.). In other embodiments, the de-normalized territory definitions are used to optimize identification of territory regions where reassignment of opportunities is appropriate and/or to reassign opportunities in those regions. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040698 | SANDBOXING AND WHAT-IF ANALYSIS FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SALES TERRITORIES - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for using multi-dimensional modeling techniques to handle territory proposals for sandboxing territory changes, for performing what-if analyses, etc. In some embodiments, a staging environment allows the creation of a proposed territory model (e.g., a proposed territory hypercube) based on a production territory model or some other baseline territory model version. The territory proposal is associated with a name, owner, activation trigger event, and the proposed territory model. The owner can modify the proposed territory definitions in the staging environment, and the modifications may be published to subordinates, audited for errors, etc. When the proposed territory model is as desired, the owner may request activation of the territory upon occurrence of the activation trigger event occurs. Activation may involve promotion of the proposed territory model (e.g., or the modifications) to the production environment, for example, including realignment, reconciliation, auditing, and/or any other processing. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110055105 | Personalized plan development based on identification of one or more relevant reported aspects - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: identifying one or more relevant reported aspects associated with one or more source users that are relevant to achieving one or more target outcomes, the identifying of the one or more relevant reported aspects being based, at least in part, on the one or more relevant reported aspects' relevancy with respect to the one or more target outcomes; and developing one or more personalized plans designed to facilitate an end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the one or more personalized plans are emulated, the development of the one or more personalized plans being based, at least in part, on the identifying In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055106 | INDUSTRY STANDARDS MODELING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of developing a repeatable customer-specific software solution model includes creating a single industry standard model around an industry standard; creating a single industry software solution model from the industry standard model; and creating at least one customer-specific software solution model from the industry software solution model. The step of creating at least one customer-specific model is repeatable to create additional, different customer-specific software models. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055107 | INDUSTRY STANDARDS MODELING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of developing a repeatable customer-specific software solution model includes creating a single industry standard model around an industry standard; creating a single industry software solution model from the industry standard model; and creating at least one customer-specific software solution model from the industry software solution model. The step of creating at least one customer-specific model is repeatable to create additional, different customer-specific software models. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055108 | REFINING PROCESSES USING VIRTUAL-WORLDS TO CAPTURE PROCESS DATA AND REPLAYING FOR ANALYSIS AND REVIEW - A method for using virtual worlds to model and refine business processes is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a method may include providing a virtual-world work environment corresponding to a real-world work environment. The method may further include enabling multiple users to log into the virtual-world work environment and act as participants in the virtual-world work environment simulation. Once logged in, the participants may act out a real-world business process in the virtual-world work environment. The actions and communications of the participants may be captured while the participants act out the real-world business process. These actions and communications may be recorded in a computer file that may be exported into a business process modeling application. The business process modeling application may be used by a process analyst to analyze and/or refine the business process. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMPLOYING THE USE OF NEURAL NETWORKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REAL-TIME BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATION CONTROL - A system and integration infrastructure to provide a distributed matrix or neural network of connected real-time decision support modules designed to perform business intelligence evaluations in real time. The system and integration infrastructure provide a network of intelligence superimposed upon any company's existing IT data centers, and cloud computing connections. The system is highly customizable to the unique business model deployed by the client company within the best practices of the client company's industry. Whether or not the client company has integrated their diverse enterprise systems, the elements of the matrix are annealed to the various data sources, transaction logs and client software installations currently deployed. These matrix elements or neurons are designed to house critical operational data, determined by the operational model of the client company to be of critical importance. When combined with monitor neurons, they automatically assess the gap between the desired state of a critical element and the current condition in real time. Trigger conditions are pre-established, but modified by an executive controller in real-time, and the system is pre programmed to automatically respond in a prescribed manner to critical conditions having been met even when these conditions come from otherwise stove-piped enterprise applications. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110066565 | MODELED SERVICE ENDPOINTS IN BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL AND NOTATION TOOLS - A system and method for modeling service endpoints of BPMN processes is disclosed. The process is modeled using a BPMN modeling tool. A service endpoint is modeled using the BPMN modeling tool. A uniform resource locator (URL) is generated for the service endpoint, the URL being a web-based address under which a service represented by the process can be called by a business process application. The service endpoint is linked to the process, and then service-provisioned to be executed in the BPMN domain. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066566 | CONCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION OF BUSINESS PROCESSES FOR CROSS-DOMAIN MAPPING - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for cross-domain mapping between a business process modeler domain and an implementation domain are provided. The method includes accessing a business concept registry on a data storage device including business concepts with mapping for the business process modeler domain and the implementation domain. The method also includes creating a model with one or more of the business concepts interconnected to represent a business process in the business process modeler domain, and exporting the model from the business process modeler domain to the implementation domain according to the business concept mapping of the business concept registry. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110071956 | PREDICTIVE MODEL DEVELOPMENT - Models are generated using a variety of tools and features of a model generation platform. For example, in connection with a project in which a user generates a predictive model based on historical data about a system being modeled, the user is provided through a graphical user interface a structured sequence of model generation activities to be followed, the sequence including dimension reduction, model generation, model process validation, and model re-generation. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110087614 | SYSTEM FOR REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION - The invention relates to a method for generation of at least one model to represent an organization or part thereof. The model includes the ability for a user enquiry to be made and the generation of a viewpoint in response to the enquiry. The generation of the viewpoint includes reference to at least one parameter relating to the organization and in particular the condition of the parameter at or nearest to the time of the enquiry being made or a user defined time. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110093406 | USER INTERFACE WORKFLOW COMPOSITION METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for user interface workflow composition. In an embodiment of the invention, a user interface workflow composition method can include loading a set of references to both human steps of a workflow and also automated steps of a workflow. Each of the human steps of the workflow references a corresponding user interface. Further, each of the human steps and automated steps of the workflow individually include contextual data. Individual graphical elements each representative of a selected one of the human steps and automated steps is placed into a canvas and transitions can be defined between different ones of the human steps and automated steps represented by corresponding ones of the graphical elements in the canvas resulting in the specification of a user interface workflow. Consequently, computer readable instructions can be generated for the user interface workflow. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110099122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMERS WITH PERSONALIZED INFORMATION ABOUT PRODUCTS - Embodiments of the invention may provide a personalized fit prediction to a particular consumer about a particular product. Personalization of the fit prediction may be accomplished by processing various types of data, including data about consumers, products, and previous purchases by consumers. For example, this data may be used to generate a model (e.g., set of rules), which can then be applied to predict whether and/or how well a particular product will suit a particular consumer. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110106722 | COMPARING UTILITY AND WARRANTY OF SERVICES - An invention for comparing utility and warranty of services in an information (IT) stack is provided. Embodiments of this invention are directed to comparing utility and warranty of services in an information technology (IT) stack comprising a plurality of layers, at least one of the plurality of layers having a set of services. In these embodiments, a utility and warranty tool provides this capability. Specifically, the utility and warranty tool comprises a determination component configured to determine, at each layer of the IT stack, a required utility and warranty (RUW) value for each of the set of services, wherein the RUW value represents a desired solution for implementing a business process; and determine, at each layer of the IT stack, an available utility and warranty (AUW) value for each of the set of services, wherein the AUW value is a measure of an ability of each of the set of services to satisfy the RUW at each layer of the IT stack. The utility and warranty tool further comprises a comparison component configured to compare the RUW value against the AUW value at each layer of the IT stack to determine whether each of the set of services satisfies the desired solution for implementing the business process. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106723 | Computer-Implemented Systems And Methods For Scenario Analysis - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for implementing a scenario analysis manager that performs multiple scenarios based upon time series data that is representative of transactional data are provided. A system and method provides candidate predictive models for a first scenario for selection where the set of candidate predictive models includes an identification of variables associated with a model. Model selection data is received from a scenario analysis manager where a selected model is configured to predict a future value of a first variable based on values of a second variable. Time series data is received representative of past transaction activity of the first variable and the second variable, and data representative of a future value of the second variable is also received. The future value of the first variable is determined using the selected model, the time-series data and the future value of the second variable. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106724 | ENTITY MORPHING IN METAMODEL-BASED TOOLS - A system and method for morphing entities in metamodel-based business process model and notation (BPMN) tools is disclosed. A command is received for an entity to be morphed from a first non-abstract entity type to a second non-abstract entity type. A modeling infrastructure (MOIN) returns all non-abstract sub-types or siblings of the entity based on an inheritance hierarchy in a metamodel associated with the entity. The second non-abstract entity type is determined from the non-abstract sub-types or siblings of the entity, and the selected entity is morphed from the first non-abstract entity type to the second non-abstract entity type. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110112982 | SOFTWARE INTERFACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An interface control module includes a link generation module that generates a first link between a provider module and a consumer module. An interface contract module generates an interface contract. The interface contract corresponds to an interface of a product that includes the first link. The interface contract defines the interface based on a bill of materials (BOM). An interface assembly module assembles modules including the provider module and the consumer module to generate the product. An interface viewing module displays logical and physical views of the product on a display at least one of before and after assembly of the product. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110119201 | Virtual test market system and method - Systems and methods for conducting a virtual test market are disclosed. A system may include a virtual launch component, a transaction component, and a marketing simulation component. The components of the system may be used in combination to obtain, and analyze marketing data relating to a new product offering at a substantially reduced cost and resource level as compared to conventional techniques. The systems and methods disclosed may also be used to perform scenario analyses. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119202 | AUTOMATED, SELF-LEARNING TOOL FOR IDENTIFYING IMPACTED BUSINESS PARAMETERS FOR A BUSINESS CHANGE-EVENT - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying probable impacted business parameters, such as business applications, business teams/organizations at the onset of a business change-event, such as a business project, initiation of product/service offering or the like. Embodiments rely on analysis of historical data and architecture blueprints, driven by a predefined statistical model to determine probable impacted business parameters. Additionally, embodiments provide for determining the level of impact, in terms of hours and financials and/or the priority of the probable impacted business parameters. In addition, embodiments provide for automated notification of individuals and/or entities associated with the probable impacted business parameters. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110125667 | Process Pattern Automation in Tools for Business Process Modeling - A modified design utility for business process provides patterns. Patterns are a more efficient manner in which a technical or non-technical user of the design utility can define a business process to create a business application. Patterns are groupings of business elements that are commonly utilized in many business processes. Selection of a pattern in the design utility can generate suggestions for additional patterns or business elements to complete the overall business process based on known commonalities where the suggestions are constrained based on the types of undefined business element associations for the pattern. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125668 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF SALES TERRITORIES - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for using multi-dimensional modeling techniques to optimize definition and management of sales territories. Embodiments use multi-dimensional modeling to define territories in such a way that accounts for applicable territory criteria as sets with logical boundaries, rather than as a defined rule-based architecture. For example, territory criteria are modeled as hierarchical dimensions that form boundaries to a territory hypercube. An individual territory may be a set of cells in the hypercube. In certain embodiments, the territory (e.g., set of cells) is formalized by an MDX query. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110131148 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PRICE INFORMATION WITH LOCKING MECHANISMS - A computer-implemented method for managing price information. Embodiments include receiving a mapping of interconnected components, identifying as a first subset components subject to a first fixed price agreement not subject to a second fixed price agreement that overlaps the first fixed price agreement, identifying as a second subset the components subject to the second fixed price agreement not subject to the first fixed price agreement, and identifying as a third subset the components subject to both the first fixed price agreement and the second fixed price agreement. The method also includes receiving a price change for a price associated with a component in one of the subsets of components, and distributing an offset of the price change to components in the other subsets of components. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110137819 | TOOL FOR CREATING AN INDUSTRY BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE MODEL - A system creates and maintains an industry business architecture model (IBAM) over a network. The IBAM has a component business model, process model, service model, and information model. It also may include a reference architecture, demos and other knowledge assets, and collateral. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137820 | GRAPHICAL MODEL-BASED DEBUGGING FOR BUSINESS PROCESSES - A system and method to for debugging a business process in a GUI are described. In various embodiments, breakpoints are attached to business process elements and business process context parameters are received after a breakpoint is reached. In various embodiments, commands are provided to navigate through a business process and explore elements of the business process. In various embodiments, temporary breakpoints are created to service some of the commands. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110153519 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TRIGGER NETWORKS CORRESPONDING TO EVENT-CONDITION-ACTION RULES - Systems and methods consistent with the invention may include executing a business task by receiving an instruction to execute a business task; generating an event-condition-action (ECA) rule during execution of the business task; generating a graphical representation corresponding to the ECA rule; and executing, using a processor of the computer system, the business task based on an evaluation of the graphical representation. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110161243 | CONSISTENCY CHECKS FOR BUSINESS PROCESS DATA - A business process master data vector for a business process of an organization can include master data coordinates corresponding to a plurality of business object node fields of a plurality of business objects involved in the business process. Values of the master data coordinates can indicate whether a corresponding business object node field is mandatory for successful execution of the business process. Master data instance vectors corresponding to the plurality of business objects can be evaluated such that a master data instance vector includes instance coordinates indicating whether a corresponding business object node field contains a master data value. The business process can be analyzed using the business process master data vector and/or the master data instance vectors. Related systems, processes, and articles of manufacture are also described. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110167015 | CONCENTRATION RISK MODELING - Concentration risk, for example, refers to the risk of over-concentrating organizational resources. For example, if an organization over-concentrates its employees that work on a particular process in a small number of geographic locations, then, depending on the importance of the particular process, the organization assumes the risk that its operational continuity may be disrupted if one of those geographic locations experiences a disruption. Embodiments of the present invention assess the redundancy and criticality of each identified process within the organization, where redundancy refers to the organization's capacity to move work on a particular process from one center to another center in the event a disruption occurs at one of the centers and where criticality refers to the importance of a particular process to the organization. Based the redundancy and criticality assessments, embodiments of the present invention calculate a concentration-risk score for each of the identified processes. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167016 | MAP-ASSISTED RADIO RATINGS ANALYSIS - A radio station market analysis program displays a grid having radio station entries and associated attributes. A subset of the stations can be selected based on the attributes, and a map displays location markers corresponding to physical locations of stations in the subset. Attributes include multiple station ratings criteria such as Cume and AQHP. Entries may be sorted according to the attributes. A filter may be used to identify the subset based on a selected value for an attribute. Entries in the grid can be highlighted responsive to user selection of corresponding station location markers shown in the map. The user interface may further include a chart window which compares media stations according to a selected attribute, a trend window which shows attribute values for media stations over time, and a station information window for a selected media station. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167017 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED HIERARCHICAL REVENUE MODEL TO MANAGE REVENUE ALLOCATIONS AMONG DERIVED PRODUCT DEVELOPERS IN A NETWORKED SYSTEM - A computer-implemented hierarchical revenue model to manage revenue allocations among derived product developers in a networked system is disclosed. The model includes providing a first revenue value associated with a first digital component, providing a second revenue value associated with a second digital component, and combining the first revenue value with a second revenue value to produce a third revenue value associated with the second digital component, the second digital component including at least a portion of the first digital component. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110173132 | Method and System For Spawning Smaller Views From a Larger View - A method includes defining a first component set of one or more first components; defining a second component set of one or more second components; and defining an original set of relationships, each relationship being between one component of the first component set and one component of the second component set. The method further includes decomposing the original set of relationships into a collection of view sets, each view set having at least one subset of the original set of relationships where the first and second components are associated with the respective relationships of the subset, and each view set satisfies a set of constraints. The components may be elements of a business model. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110178948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS PROCESS ORIENTED RISK IDENTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION - A method and system for identifying and quantifying a risk is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming a two-dimensional risk matrix, wherein a first dimension of the matrix comprises risk variable categories and a second dimension comprises standard business processes, placing a risk variable onto the two-dimensional risk matrix, wherein the risk variable is categorized by one of the risk variable categories and one of the standard business processes, connecting the variable node with another risk variable in the two-dimensional risk matrix, and applying a learning method to the two-dimensional risk matrix to compose a risk model to use for quantifying the risk. The system comprises a processor operable to perform the steps embodied by the method. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110178949 | METHOD AND SYSTEM ENABLING DYNAMIC COMPOSITION OF HETEROGENOUS RISK MODELS - A method and system for quantifying risk by composing a heterogeneous risk model are provided. The method comprises providing risk input data associated with one or more risk nodes to a processor, running one or more risk models to output individual risk quantifications for each risk node, and aggregating the individual risk quantifications into a single output. The system comprises a processor operable to provide risk input data associated with one or more risk nodes to a processor, run one or more risk models to output individual risk quantifications for each risk node and aggregate the individual risk quantifications into a single output. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110184882 | SOCIAL MODELING OF PROCESSES - A computer implemented method for social modeling is disclosed. The method includes entering into a modeling environment one or more model elements by one or more users via communication device communicating over a communication network, performing modeling actions on the model elements, by the users according to their roles, determining if one or more of the model elements satisfy a policy, and if so determining that the policy satisfying model elements are finalized. A computer program product and a data processing system are also disclosed. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184883 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SIMULATING A SEARCH TO GENERATE AN OPTIMIZED SCORING FUNCTION - Methods and systems for deriving a scoring function, for use in ordering a set of search results, are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a simulation platform includes an offline simulator module that receives search result sets for search queries that result in the conclusion of a transaction. The result set is then processed by the offline simulation platform to derive a set of weighting factors for use with one or more parameters in a parametric scoring function. The weighting factors are determined, for example, by specifying an equation setting one or more constraints and then solving the equation for the weighting factors. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110202473 | Progressive Refinement Model for Business Processes - In one embodiment, a method for refining a business process model includes receiving business process data pertaining to a first phase of a business process definition from a first class of users, creating a model of a business process using the business process data received from the first class of users, receiving business process data pertaining to a second phase of the business process definition from a second class of users, and augmenting the model of the business process based on the business process data received from the second class of users. The method further includes iteratively refining the model of the business process in response to input provided by the first class of users and/or the second class of users. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110213729 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF CHEAPEST SUPPLIERS FOR PRODUCT ASSEMBLY - An apparatus and a method for accepting automatically selecting a combination of suppliers yielding a lowest cost of a product of the suppliers is described. A product analyzer receives from a client a set of parameters of a product. The parameters include a quantity of the product and an identification of the product. The product analyzer gathers cost data of the product from different suppliers of the product based on the set of parameters. An optimal supplier engine of the product analyzer computes a total cost of the product for each combination of the cost data and the set of parameters to determine the combination yielding the lowest total cost. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213730 | GOAL PROGRAMMING APPROACH FOR OPTIMAL BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR NATIONAL ANALYSIS OF WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT - A method for allocating resources in a business model includes determining a plurality of goals for a specified business problem. A plurality of data parameters are extracted from the goals into a computer program and read by a computer. The data parameters represent each of the goals. The data parameters are analyzed to develop a problem set representing the data parameters. Target criteria are input into the computer program, and the target criteria relates to each of the goals and may include prioritizing and/or attributing a weight to each goal. A solution instruction set is developed using the target criteria and the problem set. A solution model is developed from the solution instruction set. The steps of inputting target criteria, developing the solution instruction set, and developing the solution model are repeated to develop additional solution models and an optimal solution model can ultimately be selected. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110225104 | Predicting the Cost Associated with Translating Textual Content - A prediction of the cost associated with translating textual content in a source language can be determined. A first quantity estimation of first textual content may be determined. The first textual content is to be translated via human translation. A second quantity estimation of second textual content may also be determined. The second textual content is to be translated via machine translation. An indication of a target language is obtained, wherein the source language and the target language form a language pair. The prediction of the cost associated with translating the first textual content and the second textual content from the source language to the target language is then determined. The prediction is based at least in part on the first quantity estimation, the second quantity estimation, and the language pair. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110231336 | FORECASTING PRODUCT/SERVICE REALIZATION PROFILES - Past realization profiles can be used to predict future realization profiles using a similarity rubric that emphasizes relationships between the past realization profiles. That similarity rubric might involve techniques including manifold characterization of past realization profiles; predictive modeling; and/or matrix factorization. Realization profiles might be related to business projects and track features such as ongoing resource expenditure, revenues realized, or percentage project completion. Realization profiles might relate to other applications such as effectiveness of medical treatment. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110246385 | AUTOMATICALLY RECALIBRATING RISK MODELS - Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for automatically recalibrating risk models are presented. An identifier of a modeling function may be received. The modeling function may have at least one input variable and a first set of one or more coefficients. Updated performance data that includes at least one input value corresponding to the at least one input variable may be received from a data source. Then, a second set of one or more coefficients may be calculated for the modeling function based on the updated performance data. If it is subsequently determined that the modeling function more accurately models the updated performance data when the second set of one or more coefficients is used in computing a result of the modeling function, then the first set of one or more coefficients may be replaced with the second set of one or more coefficients to recalibrate the modeling function. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110251974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING SENTIMENT BASED INDICATORS IN DETERMINING REAL PROPERTY PRICES AND DAYS ON MARKET - A system and method for estimating the final sales price and amount of time required to sell a newly listed property based on the number of viewings that the property receives within a predetermined time of the properties listing. A model is constructed based on comparable properties, and the number of viewings that the newly listed property receives within the predetermined time period is compared to the number of viewings that properties within the model set received within the same time period after their respective listings. On-market days and percent of listing price are derived from this model. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110251975 | System and Method for Visualization and Comparison of Physical Assets Using Engineering Design Data - A PLM system, method, and computer readable medium. A method includes receiving a persistence model of a physical assembly and transforming the persistence model to a bill of materials (BOM) window that includes a plurality of BOM lines each corresponding to a physical part. The method includes constructing an engineering design structure corresponding to the physical assembly and creating a hybrid BOM window by combining the engineering design structure with the BOM window. The hybrid BOM window includes a plurality of hybrid BOM lines. The method includes displaying a BOM window view based on the hybrid BOM window. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110258138 | ABSTRACTING AND REALIZING COMPLEX EVENT SCENARIOS USING DYNAMIC RULE CREATION - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for creating, reconfiguring, and reusing business scenarios. In one embodiment, a complex event processing (CEP) tool expert generates a business scenario template using a CEP tool. Once the business scenario template is generated, a business user may generate multiple business scenario instances from the business scenario templates, without using the CEP tool and without involvement from the CEP tool expert. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110276514 | EVALUATING THE QUALITY AND RISK-ROBUSTNESS OF AN ENERGY GENERATION CAPACITY RESOURCE PLAN UNDER INHERENT UNCERTAINTIES IN ENERGY MARKETS AND CARBON REGULATORY REGIME - The present invention includes a computing system for evaluating a quality and risk-robustness of a utility company's capacity resource plan (CRP). The computing system computes a net present value of a total cost distribution of the CRP. The computing system calculates a standardized risk measure defined over the net present value. The computing system computes a resource plan that minimizes the standardized risk measure. Then, the computing system compares the standardized risk measure and the resource plan. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110282800 | GLOBAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY OPTIMIZATION TOOL - Embodiments of the present invention provide for a seamless comparison of different global manufacturing strategies. In a specific embodiment of the invention, a computer-implemented method for analyzing a manufacturing scenario for an enterprise is provided. This method comprises a step of inputting a set of key cost inputs. The method additionally comprises a step of adjusting a set of manufacturing scenario levers to create a set of manufacturing scenario inputs. The method additionally comprises a step of synthesizing a scenario for simulation based on said set of manufacturing scenario inputs. The method additionally comprises a step of obtaining a result of said scenario for said enterprise by simulating said scenario using said key cost inputs. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110295763 | MULTI-ATTRIBUTE SYSTEM FOR PROJECT PLANNING - A method of planning a project includes receiving project requirements for a project to be planned and assigning scores to the project requirements based on user preferences associated with the attributes of the requirements. The method further includes generating a numerical model of the project based on the scored requirements and optimizing the score of the numerical model to generate a matching solution that matches the project requirements to vendor offerings. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295764 | GENERATING A LAYOUT OF PRODUCTS - Generating a product layout includes obtaining attributes of a retail location; correlating the attributes of the retail location to information relating to a product in order to determine whether the product is appropriate for the retail location; and if the product is appropriate for the retail location, generating a layout of the product within the retail location relative to like products according to one or more predefined rules. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110307412 | REUSABLE CAPACITY PLANNING SCENARIO TEMPLATES - Systems and methods are described for creating a reusable capacity planning scenario template. In one example, a method includes maintaining a system topology model of resources in a configuration management database. The topology model can include at least one computing device and at least one facility in which the computing device is used. The method can include assigning minimum and maximum constraint values to resources within the system topology. The constraints can be maximal or minimal limits on at least one of how, when, and where workloads may be used with regards to the resources. The method can further include identifying resources within the system topology model to include in the reusable capacity planning scenario template. The identified resources can be projected into a data mart. The reusable capacity planning scenario template can be created using a scenario planner based on the topology model and constraints of the identified resources in the data mart. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307413 | PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF A PERSONNEL ACTION ON A WORKER - A computer-implemented method for predicting the impact of a personnel action on a worker is provided. The method includes collecting a plurality of attributes associated with each of a plurality of workers, receiving a proposed personnel action related to a worker, applying a data mining tool to the attributes and the proposed personnel action to identify an impact of the proposed personnel action, and outputting the impact of the proposed personnel action based on the result produced by the data mining tool. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110320381 | BUSINESS DRIVEN COMBINATION OF SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE IMPLEMENTATIONS - Systems, methods, apparatuses and program products configured to provide information technology (IT) system combination strategies are described. An explicit model of business to IT dependency is described and utilized by the systems and methods described to expose trade-offs in different combination alternatives, thus assisting in making proactive choices regarding business combination of disparate IT systems and resources. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320382 | BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A business process analysis method, system, and program. The technique includes processing to simplify a log, processing to refine a regular grammar on the basis of the simplified log, and processing to generate a workflow on the basis of the resultant refined regular grammar, each processing being performed through computer processing. The processing includes steps of creating a work graph on the basis of a work log, using the work graph to simplify the work log by deleting redundancies, reading a set of constraints, providing a regular expression, changing the regular expression by applying the set of constraints to it, applying the changed regular expression to the simplified log, and determining if the changed regular expression is appropriate for the simplified log. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120005115 | PROCESS RISK PRIORITIZATION APPLICATION - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for prioritizing processes in terms of risk. Specifically, present embodiments provide assessment of process applicability to risk factors and an independent assessment of the relative importance of the risk factors. The two independent assessments, conducted by separate corporate entities, such as line-of-business and risk owners, are subsequently used to determine a process risk score that allows for the processes to be prioritized. The independent nature of the assessments provides for a highly objective, fact-based means of prioritizing processes based on risk. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005116 | MODELING OF BUSINESS PROCESS DATA - In one embodiment, a business process meta-model is defined that represents a business process. The business process meta-model includes control flow elements pertaining to a control flow of the business process, and annotation elements providing details for the control flow elements. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120011078 | Developing Business Process Models That Are Aligned With Business Components And Business Intent - Methods, apparatus, and products for developing business process models that are aligned with business components and business intent, including: defining a plurality of business components, wherein each business component is a logical element of a business enterprise that carries out a particular business function; associating one or more activities with a particular business component, wherein each activity is identified by a unique identifier, and wherein each activity is an atomic operation carried out by the particular business component that the activity is associated with; and defining, in dependence upon the associated one or more activities, a business capability that is carried out by one or more business components. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011079 | DERIVING ENTITY-CENTRIC SOLUTION MODELS FROM INDUSTRY REFERENCE PROCESS AND DATA MODELS - A mechanism is provided for forming a business entity model. A selection of business components is received from a business function model to be selected business components. Activities are found in an industry reference model to be selected activities corresponding to selected business components. Based on the selected activities, industry reference model is scoped to be a scoped industry reference model, which includes reducing business process models in the industry reference model to selected business process models corresponding to selected activities, reducing data models in the industry reference model to selected data models corresponding to use cases of selected activities, and reducing service operations in the industry reference model to selected service operations corresponding to the selected activities. Selected activities and scoped industry reference model are customized. Based on a business entity template, selected activities, and scoped industry reference model, business entities are generated to form a business entity model. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120036085 | SOCIAL MEDIA VARIABLE ANALYTICAL SYSTEM - A system is configured to determine aggregated social media variables that may be used for modeling. The system includes an information identifier module determining keywords and phrases. The system also includes an aggregator receiving information collected from social media applications using the keywords and phrases and determining values for social media variables from the collected information. The aggregator aggregates the social media variables based on the values and weightings of the social media variables. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120047088 | MODELING AND SIMULATION OF COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS - A method of modeling and simulation of complex relationships among entities is disclosed. The method can utilize a model that can graphically illustrate relationships among multiple hierarchical levels of entities, and can graphically illustrate information such as types of entities and areas operated by the entities. Further, the model can be based upon a relational database, and proposed or expected changes to the model can be simulated by changing the information in the relational database. An operation model can include a decision maker level, a business entity level, an entity owner level, and an operation level. These levels can be linked hierarchically, and family relationships can be graphically indicated based upon intestate succession priorities. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120066145 | Automating A Governance Process Of Reviewing Service Artifacts In A Governed SOA - Modeling the governance process of reviewing service artifacts associated with a service in the SOA and generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, one or more automation modules, each automation module including a module of computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, supports performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process, where the modeled governance process includes preparing one or more service artifacts associated with the service for review, submitting the service artifacts for review, and reviewing the service artifacts. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066146 | Automating A Governance Process Of Investigating Service Reuse In A Governed SOA - Modeling a governance process of investigating service reuse in a governed SOA and generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, one or more automation modules, each automation module including a module of computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, supports performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process, where the modeled governance process includes receiving a specification of service requirements, interpreting the service requirements against a registry of deployed services including determining whether a deployed service meets the service requirements, and if a deployed service meets the requirements, initiating a subscription to the deployed service. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066147 | Automating A Governance Process Of Optimizing A Portfolio Of Services In A Governed SOA - Modeling a governance process of optimizing a portfolio of services in a governed SOA and generating, in dependence upon the modeled governance process, one or more automation modules, each automation module including a module of computer program instructions that supports performance of one or more steps of the modeled governance process, where the modeled governance process includes determining whether a collection of service artifacts matches one or more service artifacts stored in a service registry; if no service artifacts stored in the service registry match the collection of service artifacts, initiating creation of a service in accordance with the collection of service artifacts; if one or more service artifacts stored in the service registry match the collection of service artifacts: selecting, in dependence upon predefined action selection criteria, a service administration action to perform; obtaining approval of the selected service administration action; and initiating the selected service administration action. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120072367 | DRY-RUN DESIGN TIME ENVIRONMENT - This disclosure provides various embodiments for performing a dry-run of a business process model in a design-time environment. A start event and end event of the business process model are identified, defining a path of a flow map including a sequence of a plurality of events, including the start event, the end event, and at least one other event sequenced between the start and ends. The events in the path are stepped-through to simulate each event. An error is identified corresponding to a particular event in the path and the step-through is paused upon identifying the error. A user is then prompted for an input to at least temporarily resolve the at least one error. The stepping-through of the plurality of events is then resumed in response to a resolution input from the user. The dry run ends in response to stepping-through to the end event. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120078808 | PRESCRIPTIVE WELLBEING UTILIZING AN ENTERPRISE GRID - A system and method for implementing an enterprise grid to model the wellbeing of an enterprise. The system includes a system for creating models to form the enterprise grid, wherein a set of entity models are utilized to model entities within the enterprise and a set of organizational models are utilized to model organizational aspects of the enterprise, and wherein at least one class of entity models are utilized to model humans; a system for training models; a system for receiving an input from an entity within the enterprise and forwarding the input into an associated entity model; and a system for connecting models such that an output of a source model is only directed to a target model either at a same hierarchical level or at a parent level. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078809 | INTEGRATING SUB-PROCESSES IN BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING NOTATION PROCESSES - This disclosure provides various embodiments for modeling a first business process as a sub-process of a second business process, the first business process less than fully compatible with a particular business process management system. The first business process is compatible with a first system adapted to execute the first business process. The first business process is identified and a user input received requesting modeling of the first business process as a sub-process of the second business process. A modeled sub-process is generated including a reference to the first system, callable from the modeled sub-process, and an interface definition defining an interface between the modeled sub-process and the first system. A modeled interface between a model of the second business process and the modeled sub-process is generated defining inputs and outputs between first and second business processes. In some aspects, the modeled sub-process can be deployed in a runtime environment. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120089534 | Business Network Management - A computer-implemented method includes: receiving metadata about a business network, the metadata gathered by computer-based entities performing automated discovery of the business network; generating a business network model based on the metadata, the business network model comprising objects and associations between them, the objects representing aspects of the business network found by the automated discovery, including at least: participants, systems, relationships, applications, interfaces, middleware, process steps, and documents; and modifying the business network model based on at least one input. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120109844 | COST-BASED MIGRATION WAVES PLANNING - A system and method for cost-based migration planning includes determining cost factors and constraints associated with at least one of migrating and transforming a plurality of components. A cost-based model is constructed using the cost factors and constraints. The cost-based model is applied to groupings of the plurality of components to provide a cost-based determination grouping scheme in accordance with the constraints. The grouping scheme is output to provide migration waves for migrating or transforming the plurality of components. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120116987 | Dynamic Process Modeling Assembly and Method of Use - A method for modeling a process comprising receiving a first formatted data input representing a process element and a second formatted data input representing a process element, executing a simulation and determining a measure representing the simulation of the process element given the entity element. In some embodiments, the process element represents a business process and the entity element represents a resource unit and the simulation comprises a temporal simulation. Some embodiments further comprise the measure being a completeness measure associated with a decay rate or a repair rate. Some embodiments also include the measure comprising an information product completeness measure. Some embodiments also include automatically determining the process element and the entity element. Systems, to include processor based embodiments having a computer program product to perform the methods are also disclosed. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120143781 | OPERATIONALIZING SERVICE METHODOLOGIES FOR A COMPUTERIZED CONSULTANT ENVIRONMENT - A method of operationalizing service methodologies useable for a computerized environment is provided. The method includes the following stages: capturing a method to yield a workflow, work products and template structure; extracting structure and relations from at least one of: the templates, actual work products, workflow, and human experts; modeling the captured structure to yield a method model; augmenting the method-model using the extracted structure and relations, to yield an augmented method-model, such that the augmented method-model provides sufficient data for automatically generating a software application implementing a runtime environment that supports the method. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120150764 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED BUSINESS ANALYTICS MODELING - A software system provides a programming language for non-mathematical experts to define the business relations underlying the analytical problem combined with an interpretation engine, model build engine, and model simulation engine to process user information and produce the desired output. By integrating and streamlining model definition and data processing, operating directly at the level of business relations and attributes, the software of the present invention opens up the world of advanced analytics to non-mathematical experts. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120166355 | MAINTENANCE OF MASTER DATA BY ANALYSIS OF OPERATIONAL DATA - First operational data produced during completion of a first instance of at least one of a first business activity and a second business activity of an organization can be accessed prior to execution of a second instance of the first business activity. The first and the second business activity can be modeled using master data having at least one master data attribute in common with the first business activity. The master data attribute can be derived based on at least the first operational data, and a second instance of the first business activity can be modeled using the derived master data attribute. Related systems, articles of manufacture, and computer-implemented methods are described. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166356 | INFORMATION TERMINAL AND SALES DATA DISPLAY METHOD - An information terminal, comprising: a store selection unit for selecting a specific store, a date and time appointment unit for appointing a date and time, and a display unit for displaying a sales data in a period of time including at least one of the date and time appointed by the date and time appointment unit according to the summed sales data of the commodities displayed in the store selected by the store selection unit in the form of a time-sequence graph. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120173452 | Human Service Provider Relationship Management for Government Agencies - A system includes a central server in communication with public agencies through a private network and with local service-providers through a public network. The central server executes a profiling module configured to exchange standardized information with a local service-provider over the public network and with a public agency over the private network; an invoicing module in communication with the profiling module, the invoicing module being configured to process claims submitted by the local service-providers; a compliance module in communication with the profiling module, the compliance module being configured to monitor compliance with contracts between the local service-providers and the public agencies; a demand module in communication with the profiling module for forecasting demand for services; and a procurement module in communication with the profiling module for entering into contracts with the local service-providers. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120221480 | Methods of Identifying Environmentally Friendly Businesses or Individuals - This disclosure relates to techniques for a computer-implemented method which receives user input that specifies values for predetermined questions provided in an environmental questionnaire, identifies environmentally friendly businesses or individuals by analyzing the user input values and determining those businesses or individuals that meet predetermined minimum requirements, and stores a list of the identified businesses or individuals within a database. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120254061 | LOAN RESOLUTION MODELING USING DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION METHODOLOGY - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for customer loan lifecycle modeling using discrete event simulation methodology. Discrete Event Simulation (DES) allows for modeling to occur at the customer and/or account level, such that the process captures customer-specific or loan-specific attributes/risk factors, such as, but not limited to, credit score(s), House Price Index (HPI), loan product type, unemployment rates, interest rates and the like. Such modeling takes into the account that loan events occur at random paces and are typically dependent on ancillary factors, such as, availability of financial resources, market demand, customer attributes and the like, which all tend to be stochastic by nature. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120259792 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHANGES IN A BUSINESS PROCESS - Systems and methods are provided for the automatic detection of different types of changes in a business process. A system includes a transformer for performing a transformation on data derived from process traces or models extracted from the processes traces to generate transformed data. The process traces are for a business process corresponding to a set of related tasks for a specified goal. Each of the models has at least a transition matrix of dimension N×N, where N is a total number of the related tasks. The system further includes a change detector for performing change detection on the transformed data to identify at least one of when a change occurs in the business process and a degree of the change. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259793 | Transaction Model With Structural And Behavioral Description Of Complex Transactions - A model is used to provide a user interface to track flows through at least one application of a computer system. The model relates the structural aspects of the at least one application to a behavioral model such as a business transaction hierarchy. The structural part of the model includes linked Vertex and Edge records. Vertex records for different instances of a component can be aggregated to provide a single vertex or node for display in a user interface. A Vertex record is linked to an Agent record and a Metric Path record. The Edge records identify tail and head components of a call. A set of Edge records can be associated with a Transaction record in the behavioral part of the model. A Transaction record can be associated with a Business Transaction Record, and a Business Transaction record can be associated with a Business Service Record. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259794 | Method and Apparatus for Visualizing and Analyzing Unit Pricing for Digital Product Purchases to Determine Revenue Optimization Opportunities for Service Provider - Customers who purchase a digital service under a subscription-like payment model are grouped according the value each receives, which is computed from stored transaction data as the amount the customer pays divided by the benefit the customer receives. Customers who pay more or less than a mid-range “normal” price may be given price adjustments to bring the value they receive closer to the normal price. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120271779 | UNIFYING DOMAIN MODEL FOR INTERNET BUSINESS SYSTEMS - A unifying domain model for Internet business systems is described that includes an authoritative definition of logical objects that make up a modern Internet business system, a canonical list of attributes associated with such objects, a specification of how such objects may be composed and may relate to one another, and what operations or actions may be taken on or provided by them. A middleware framework is also described that brokers communication between end-user applications that are designed to consume the aforementioned objects and various integrated systems that are not so designed, such as LOB systems and partner systems, wherein brokering communication may include performing a translation between a representation of the data and operations utilized by an integrated system and the unifying domain model utilized by the end-user applications during runtime of the end-user applications. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120296842 | Documenting Processes of an Organization - A method and system for documenting processes and controls of an organization involve storing information describing the processes of the organization in a database and then accessing the database with a suitable user interface application. Preferably the user interface application is a web browser and the data in the database is provided to users as a series of web pages. Using the user interface application, users can review the documented processes, report errors, request changes, generate reports, and so forth. Users with suitable access privileges can modify the data in the database using the user interface application. An external auditor can audit the processes and controls of the organization from his own office by accessing the database over a network such as the Internet. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120317050 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR THE GENERIC CREATION OF A STRUCTURE TREE FOR DESCRIBING AN IT PROCESS - The invention relates to a method, to a computer program product and to a computer-readable storage medium for the generic creation of a tree structure for describing an IT method, comprising a complete environment composed of clients, servers, middleware components, applications and network components which an end user requires for carrying out a specific IT-supported business process. The invention is based on the generic creation of a tree structure for describing the topology of an IT method, by which tree structure it is possible to collect and manage all the data necessary for the overall handling of an IT method in a defined structure, such that all the procedures relevant for managing an IT method come from one data source and can be automated. The freedom from loops and the unambiguity of the elements result in a structuring of the data contained in the IT method, whereby automated processing is facilitated. A meta element type in the meta model is assigned to each of the elements used in the tree structure. The meta model describes which element types are allowed. The element types comprise all common generic IT components, such as server, middleware, storage, and the like. It is also established which attributes relating to the element types are allowed and/or necessary and which relations with the associated attributes are allowed between the elements. The freedom from loops is achieved by the use of an acyclically directed graph as the metastructure. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120323814 | Topologies corresponding to models for hierarchy of nodes - A hierarchy of nodes is organized over levels. Each node corresponds to a configuration item. A first topology corresponds to a first model and includes at least a first subset of the hierarchy of nodes. Each node of the first topology has a first calculation unit for the first model. A second topology corresponds to a second model and includes at least a second subset of the hierarchy of nodes. Each node of the second topology has a second calculation unit for the second model. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323815 | CAPABILITY AND MATURITY-BASED SOA GOVERNANCE - Each of a plurality of governance dimension attributes of a service-oriented architecture governance model are calibrated and mapped to each of a plurality of governance evolution element attributes. A maturity and capability assessment is performed for the service-oriented architecture as a function of the mapping, and a maturity-based and capability-based governance model is generated for the service-oriented architecture as a function of the maturity and capability assessment. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120330859 | INTERACTIVE BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING AND SIMULATION - Interactive business process modeling and simulation includes generating a business process model including mapping business processes with activities, logical gates, and decision paths of an enterprise. The interactive business process modeling and simulation also includes creating a business process simulation model by assigning a transaction to corresponding activities for business processes in the business process model, the business process simulation model including at least one entry transaction and transaction sequence for each of the activities. The interactive business process modeling and simulation further includes executing the business process simulation model by calling the entry transaction and displaying the entry transaction, loading input data and intermediate data into the business process simulation model, and executing transactions starting with the entry transaction and using the intermediate data and an output from execution of the entry transaction to feed a next one of the transactions configured by the business process simulation model. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130006887 | Automatic Identification of User-Aligned Fragments in Business Process Models - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing automatic identification of semantically coherent, user-aligned fragments in business process models. One process includes operations for identifying a hierarchy of process fragments in a business process model associated with a user. At least one process metadata category associated with a role of the user is determined. A score for each process fragment in the hierarchy of process fragments is computed, the score computed based at least in part on a probable level of interest in the at least one process metadata category for the role of the user. At least one process fragment in the hierarchy of process fragments for inclusion in a view of the business process model to be presented to the user, the selection based at least in part on the score computed for the at least one process fragment. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006888 | Autotagging Business Processes - A method of autotagging business processes for monitoring analysis of an IT system within an organization is provided herein. The method includes the following stages: modeling an IT system associated with one or more business processes, into a model representing the business processes as process instances; tracking a flow of information entities throughout nodes located along the process instances; extracting, at each one of the nodes, metadata associated with each one of the information entities flowing through the process instance; aggregating over time, the extracted metadata being associated with its respective node and process instance; and visually representing the aggregated metadata in association with its respective business processes, based on the model. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130018815 | Decomposing A Process Model In An Enterprise Intelligence ('EI') FrameworkAANM Reddington; Francis X.AACI SarasotaAAST FLAACO USAAGP Reddington; Francis X. Sarasota FL USAANM Sahota; NeilAACI Costa MesaAAST CAAACO USAAGP Sahota; Neil Costa Mesa CA US - Decomposing a process model in an Enterprise Intelligence (‘EI’) framework, including: receiving, by a process model decomposer, a process model for an EI assembly; identifying, by the process model decomposer in dependence upon an EI framework metamodel, component parts of the process model; and generating, in dependence upon the identified component parts, a taxonomy breakdown comprising a definition of a process classification. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130031018 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING COMPANIES - Method and arrangement for matching of enterprises and detection of changes for an enterprise by the use of mathematical models that make it possible to match and find similarities between enterprises and also discover changes in an enterprise. The method uses mathematical representation models for enterprises and is suited to make a large number of comparisons automatically. The characteristics of the enterprises are represented by different vectors ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031019 | System of Sequential Kernel Regression Modeling for Forecasting Financial Data - A monitoring system for determining the future behavior of a financial system includes an empirical model to receive reference data that indicates the normal behavior of the system and input pattern arrays. Each input pattern array has a plurality of input vectors, while each input vector represents a time point and has input values representing a plurality of parameters indicating the current condition of the system. The model generates estimate values based on a calculation that uses an input pattern array and the reference data to determine a similarity measure between the input values and reference data. The estimate values, in the form of an estimate matrix, include at least one estimate vector of inferred estimate values, and represents at least one time point that is not represented by the input vectors. The inferred estimate values are used to determine a future behavior of the financial system. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130046708 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING METADATA TO FACILITATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS THROUGH A SUPPLY CHAIN - A system and method for supply chain management that may include a product hierarchy, a location hierarchy, and/or a time hierarchy; metadata that describes data about the system, located throughout the system; and a model that defines the structure of the metadata, wherein the system may be operable to control distribution of products throughout the supply chain. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130080349 | MANAGEMENT AND NOTIFICATION OF OBJECT MODEL CHANGES - Techniques are disclosed for managing development of a model set comprised of one or more object models by a plurality of model developers. Each model developer may be considered an interested party. For example, when a model developer changes an area of the model, that person becomes the most interested party in other changes made to the same area. An automated mechanism is provided to track changes made to the model set and informs interested parties as changes are made or after changes are made to the model based on a weighting system. In one embodiment, the weighting system may be based on a distance from the changed portions and on the amount of time since a party last made a change to the same area. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080350 | MANAGEMENT AND NOTIFICATION OF OBJECT MODEL CHANGES - Techniques are disclosed for managing development of a model set comprised of one or more object models by a plurality of model developers. Each model developer may be considered an interested party. For example, when a model developer changes an area of the model, that person becomes the most interested party in other changes made to the same area. An automated mechanism is provided to track changes made to the model set and informs interested parties as changes are made or after changes are made to the model based on a weighting system. In one embodiment, the weighting system may be based on a distance from the changed portions and on the amount of time since a party last made a change to the same area. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130085960 | Value Articulation of a Business Service - The present subject matter relates to a method for value articulation of a business service. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving input data associated with the business service. The method further includes generating a value articulation matrix having at least four dimensions such that each of the dimensions comprise elements selected from the input data. In said embodiment, a stakeholder dimension includes one or more elements indicative of stakeholders associated with the business service, an offering dimension includes one or more elements indicative of offerings of the business service, an enablement dimension includes one or more elements indicative of enablements possible due to the business service, and a benefit dimension includes one or more elements indicative of benefits associated with the business service. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085961 | ENTERPRISE CONTEXT VISUALIZATION - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing a contextual visualization of business processes and related business data. According to one embodiment, a method for providing a contextual visualization of business processes and related business data can comprise generating a first canvas representing a first business process. The first canvas can comprise a collaborative, interactive environment accessible to one or more users and can provide access to business data of the first business process to the one or more users. One or more visual objects representing the business data of the first business process can be generated and added to the first canvas. The first canvas with the added one or more visual objects can be provided to the one or more users. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VISUAL MODELS FROM ACTIVITY BASED MODELING DATA - A system and method for translating activity based modeling into visual modeling may include storing activity based modeling data. The activity based modeling data may be read. A user may be enabled to classify data as elements of an activity based model. A visual model may be generated based on the classified data of the activity based modeling data. The visual model of the classified data of the activity based modeling data may be generated. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130097096 | PROCESS ENTITY GRAPHS - Implementing a process in an automation platform. Representing conceptual entities of the process as a nodes in a conceptual graph. Representing process relationships between the conceptual entities as edges between the nodes of the conceptual graph. Transforming the conceptual graph into a structural graph representing an automation design of the process. Transforming the structural graph into implementation artifacts executable on the automation platform. Entities can represent a feature, a constraint, a project phase, a screen, a data item, and a process description. Relationships can include a dependency relationship, a temporal relation-ship, and a parent-child relationship. The transformation into a structural graph being traceable between elements of the conceptual graph and the structural graph. The transformation into a structural graph controlled by a first configuration information. The transformation into a implementation artifacts controlled by a second configuration information. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130110740 | ONLINE SALES TOOL | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130117195 | COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM FOR IT SERVICE AND VENDOR MANAGEMENT - The present invention provides a system and method for providing enterprise level platform that enables collaborative business service delivery and governance through access to underlying infrastructure for connected customer-vendor systems. The said enterprise platform that seamlessly brings together various point solutions with intent of providing a single window that enables access to the underlying infrastructure for a connected customer-vendor IT operations. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130132299 | USING NON-TEXTUAL NOTATION FOR DESCRIBING SERVICE RELATED HUMAN EXPERIENCE BASED ON A HIERARCHAL MODEL OF HUMAN NEEDS - A system for describing and analyzing service-related human experience in organizational or commercial environments based on a hierarchical model of needs (e.g. Maslow's hierarchy of needs) is provided herein. The system may include a classifier configured to classify experience states based on a predefined hierarchical model of needs, to yield a classification; a modeler configured to model a real-life environment into a model that includes a set of process instances associated with users; and an experience notation generator configured to: extract experience-related data associated with the users from the model, based on the classification; and represent the experience-related data of each one of the process instance as a non-textual time series, based on the classification. Optionally, the time series may be used to produce reports using an analyzer. The reports may be applied to a remedy engine to generate recommendations for improving the human experience. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130138575 | AUTOMATED IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS SERVICE COMMUNICATION AND/OR LINKAGE OF EXECUTABLE PROCESSES THROUGH AUTOMATIC GENERATION AND POPULATION OF VARIABLES - Certain example embodiments described relate to the generation of variables for data flow chains that are associated with control flow models. Certain example embodiments relate to the creation of a diagram (e.g., an automation diagram) that encapsulates the flow of data in a process model (e.g., EPC). In certain example embodiments, the generation of variables provides for linking executable processes via the automation diagram so that the data flow may be integrated into the EPC model. An EPC model may be transformed into a BPMN model. Optionally, the transformations may occur in reverse so that an automation diagram is created from a modified EPC model. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130144803 | Method and System for Generating One Flow Models from Runtime Service Delivery Process - A method and system for generating new abstractions for existing process models and modifying existing process models in order to generate new process models by mining run-time service delivery processes. The method and system also “learns” new abstractions for business process models by modifying existing models. The method and system generates new business process models utilizing an online learning mechanism that mines run-time service delivery processes. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130159209 | PRODUCT INFORMATION - Disclosed is a method of generating a model representation of product information. The method obtains a list of products from a source of product information. A hierarchical tree is then constructed from the obtained list of products, wherein each hierarchical layer of the tree corresponds to a different category of product information. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130166472 | RULE-BASED DETERMINATION AND VALIDATION IN BUSINESS OBJECT PROCESSING - A method to model a business object is disclosed. An analysis module analyzes elements of a business object. A modeling module models business object logic based on the elements of the business object. An implementation module implements the modeled business object logic. A repository stores the modeled business object logic. A business object runtime module executes the modeled business object logic. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130179364 | LINKED DECISION NODES IN A BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to decision node processing in a business process model and provide a method, system and computer program product for linked decision nodes in business process models. In an embodiment of the invention, a business process model simulation method can be provided. The method can include loading a business process model for simulation, designating a decision node in the business process model as a master decision node and linking another decision node in the business process model as a slave decision node to the master decision node. The method further can include simulating the master decision node to select an output pin and storing the selected output pin in association with the master decision node, and applying the selected output pin in the slave decision node when arriving at the slave decision node during the simulation without simulating the slave decision node. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179365 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RAPID BUSINESS DISCOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION OF BUSINESS PROCESSES - A system and method for business process modelling including: an image capturing module, configured to capture screenshots of the business process; an image repository, configured to store the captured screenshots; and a mapping module, configured to map the captured screenshots to objects and to connect the objects to model a business process. In a particular case, the system and method may further include an image analysis module configured to analyse the captured screenshots for significant events and wherein the significant events and associated screenshots are mapped to the objects. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130191305 | APPARATUS FOR VALIDATING PROCESSES FOR INFORMATION COMPLETENESS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for modeling and validating a user process. In an embodiment of the invention, a model validation method can include linking in memory of a computer a task of an activity modeled within a business process model to a defined role specifying information accessible to end users associated with the defined role and additionally linking in the memory of the computer the task of the activity to an object model specifying information required by an end user to complete a corresponding task. The method also can include generating a mapping from the linkings. Finally, the method an include validating the business process by determining from the mapping whether or not an end user associated with the role can access information necessary to perform the task. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191306 | Providing Operational Business Intelligence - Embodiments described herein can be used to provide business intelligence. For example, a tangible, computer-readable medium may include code configured to direct a processor to create a conceptual model of an business process. The code may be configured to direct the processor to parse the conceptual model to create a logical model of the business process, and to parse the logical model to create a physical model of the business process. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130226825 | AUTOMATED MAPPING OF PRODUCT ADJACENCY GROUPS WITH MERCHANDISING PERSISTENCE LOGIC - A system for generating a product subgroup map for a product adjacency group is disclosed. In one example, a user interface is configured for presenting data on product subgroups and receiving user inputs for user-editable mapping criteria for mapping the product subgroups in the product adjacency group. The user interface has options for editing and assigning priority values to the user-editable mapping criteria. The system generates a combined set of mapping criteria for the user-selected product subgroups based on the user-edited mapping criteria and non-user-editable mapping criteria, including a persistence criterion that prioritizes persisting product subgroup mapping positions from a previous product subgroup map. The system generates a product subgroup map based on the combined set of mapping criteria for the user-selected product subgroups and a set of physical store layout data for at least one store, and provides a graphical output of the product subgroup map. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226826 | AUTOMATED MAPPING OF PRODUCT ADJACENCY GROUPS WITH SUBGROUP MAPPING MASS UPDATING - A system for generating a product subgroup map for a product adjacency group is disclosed. In one example, a user interface presents data on product subgroups and receives user inputs for user-editable mapping criteria. The user interface has user-selectable indications of a plurality of stores, and receives user inputs for the user-editable mapping criteria. The system generates a combined set of mapping criteria for the user-selected product subgroups based on the user-edited mapping criteria and non-user-editable mapping criteria. The system generates product subgroup maps for the selected product subgroups for the selected stores, based on the combined set of mapping criteria for the selected product subgroups and store layout data for each of a plurality of stores, and provides graphical outputs of the product subgroup maps. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130238522 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-LEVEL MEMBERSHIP MANAGEMENT SERVICE - A multi-level membership management service feeds back profit by setting up a multi-level membership relationship for members. A management server sets up a multi-level membership relationship where a user is registered for membership as an inferior of a predetermined location within a pre-established tree structure. When a product or service launched by a member is sold, the management server re-establishes the tree structure so that the specific member is put as the most superior in the tree structure. The profit from the product/service is fed back to each of the members according to the re-established tree structure. While conventional multi-level membership structures do not enable a newly-subscribed person to attract inferiors, the present invention distributes the profit according to the re-establishment where a product or service newly launched by even a new member is put at the most superior, thereby enabling lower psychological resistance towards new membership subscription. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130290215 | GENERATION OF WBS MODEL DATA - A method and system for generating a work breakdown structure (WBS) model data. Design model data is received. The design model data is parsed to extract WBS metadata from the design model data. A WBS template corresponding to the design model data is determined. The WBS model data is generated using the determined WBS template and the extracted WBS metadata. The WBS model data includes data entries. Each data entry is associated with a respective work task. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130297528 | BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL NOTATION EXTENSION FOR MODELING OF INTEGRATION PROCESSES - Computer implemented methods and computer program products involve instructions including identifying a business process model. An integration process definition can be identified. The integration process definition can be integrated into the business process model. An enhanced business process model can be defined, the enhanced business process model including the business process model and the integration process definition. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130304668 | AUTOMATED BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING - In a method for generating a business process model project, a computer receives a data file comprising text, descriptive of a business process. The computer searches a sentence in the text for a keyword indicative of existence of a corresponding business artifact stated elsewhere in the sentence. In response, the computer identifies an indicator in the sentence, the indicator designating a name of the corresponding business artifact. The computer identifies a business artifact based on the keyword and the indicator. The computer generates a business process model project based in part on the business artifact. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130311396 | JOB-BASED SUCCESSION PLANS AND A HIERARCHICAL VIEW OF THE SUCCESSION PLAN - A system and method for facilitating succession management in an organization, such as an enterprise. The example method includes displaying, at a first level of a hierarchy, a first representation of a position and any incumbent assigned to the position, and illustrating, at a second level of a hierarchy, one or more second representations of one or more candidate successors to the position. The one or more candidate successors are grouped according to an indication of readiness associated with each of the one or more candidate successors. In a specific embodiment, a user option enables changing an indication of readiness assigned to a candidate successor by repositioning the candidate successor into a different readiness group within the hierarchy. Displayed data supporting candidate-readiness determinations includes data pertaining to performance history, experience, qualifications, or talent rating associated with each candidate successor. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130346339 | CONFIGURING PROCESS VARIANTS FOR ON-BOARDING CUSTOMERS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) OUTSOURCING - Systems and methods of configuring process variants for on-boarding customers for information technology (IT) outsourcing are provided. An example method includes modeling roles, responsibilities, and business context for a standard process template. The method also includes developing cause-and-effect rules affecting outcome of the standard process template. The method also includes adjusting the standard process template for process variants across different customer on-boarding scenarios. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140019379 | BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE CONTROLLER - The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for managing a transition between business process models. A computer-implemented method includes in parallel with a first business process model, instantiating, using at least one hardware processor, a second business process model, instantiating a temporary exit process step of a set of temporary exit process steps associated with the first business process model and a temporary entry process step of a set of temporary entry process steps associated with the second business process model, coupling an exit transition rule of a set of exit transition rules associated with the first business process model to the first business process model, and activating the exit transition rule after activating the second business process model. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140025602 | System and Method For Transforming a Component Business Model - Seamless transition from a Component Business Model (CBM) to a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) is achieved by converting a tabular representation of a CBM Heat Map to a Unified Modeling Language (UML) representation, and automatically converting the UML representation of a CBM Heat Map to a first iteration of input used during the subsequent SOA solution development using Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA). | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140032441 | Field Extensibility Self Healing After Incompatible Changes - A system, a method, and a computer program product for adapting field extensibilities of business objects to changes in business processes are disclosed. An upgrade information for a business object model is received. Data and metadata associated with at least one field extension of at least one business object in the business object model to be migrated to an upgraded business object model are determined based on the received upgrade information. The determined data and metadata are migrated to the upgraded business object model. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140074749 | ENABLING SYNCHRONICITY BETWEEN ARCHITECTURAL MODELS AND OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS - An operational environment and an enterprise model within an enterprise organization can be identified. The model can include an entity which can be a structure, an activity, a process, information, a resource, a goal, or a constraint of the organization. The environment can include an element which can be a computing resource or a computing resource state associated with the organization. A super model can be created. The super model can be a meta-model of the enterprise model. The super model can be a common component of the enterprise model and the environment. The super model can be synchronized in real time with the environment and the enterprise model. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074750 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MINIMIZING COMMUNICATION AND INTEGRATION COMPLEXITY BETWEEN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - A computer system arrangement for minimizing communication and integration complexity between a plurality of software applications having each an individual data model defining an individual set of application parameters, includes a bus arrangement having connections to each one of said plurality of applications, the bus being arranged to interpret between each application and to orchestrate incoming and outgoing requests from each application, the bus arrangement including, a generic information model defining a set of generic parameters in relation to the application parameters of each application, an adaptor together with said generic information model, in connection with an incoming request, arranged to map parameters of that individual data model to said generic parameters, a device arranged to transfer the mapped generic information model together with the request to a process execution engine, which includes a device arranged to handle the request to identify a corresponding adaptor to which the request was directed, and using the corresponding adaptor together with the generic information model to remap the request to the individual data model of the application to which it is was directed. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140089224 | MODELING AN ENTERPRISE - Computer implemented methods, apparatuses, and compute program products for modeling an enterprise are provided. Embodiments include providing to a user, by an enterprise modeling controller, a user interface comprising an icon carousel and a drop area interface for moving selected icons from the icon carousel. The icon carousel contains a plurality of icons, where each icon of the plurality of icons represents a particular solution component configuration. Embodiments also include for each icon within the drop area interface, identifying a corresponding solution component configuration and configuration data associated with the solution component configuration. Embodiments also include generating based on the configuration data associated with the identified solution component configurations one or more integration patterns indicating data processing relationships of the identified solution component configurations. Embodiments also include generating an enterprise model based on the identified solution component configurations and the one or more integration patterns. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089225 | Extendible Process Directory Model - A method includes using a computer to derive a design stage directory model based on a core directory model, using the computer to derive a production stage directory model based on the core directory model, adding an extension to one of the models including an activation flag to activate the extension, and saving the models and extension to a computer readable storage device. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140101071 | DYNAMIC PRESENTATION OF CONTEXTUAL BUSINESS COMPONENT DATA - Various arrangements for organizing business components for use in creating a business object are presented. A selection of a business context may be received from a plurality of business contexts. After receiving the selection of the business context, for each business component of the plurality of business components, whether the business component is within the received business context or outside of the received business context may be determined. An indicator may be assigned to each business component of the plurality of business components based on the business component being determined as being within the received business context or outside of the received business context. Each business component of the plurality of business components with the business component's assigned indicator may be presented. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140122370 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL SELECTION - A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium contains software that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform various operations such as to receive transactional data, industry-specific data, output requirements, and instructions to run specific data analysis models and tests. The software may also cause the processor to identify, based on the industry-specific data and the output requirements, a set of candidate models and to assess the performance of each candidate model based on the transactional data to select a final model and to perform the selected final model on the transactional data to generate processed data. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140129479 | METHOD TO AID IN THE EXPLORATION, MINE DESIGN, EVALUATION AND/OR EXTRACTION OF METALLIFEROUS MINERAL AND/OR DIAMOND DEPOSITS - A method to aid in the exploration, mine design, evaluation and/or extraction of metalliferous mineral and/or diamond deposits in a subsurface, the method comprising: providing three-dimensional seismic data acquired in a seismic survey of the subsurface; providing an initial model of the subsurface; performing wavefield tomography at least partly as a function of at least one property of the subsurface in three-dimensions using the initial model and the seismic data to generate an updated model; and determining an estimate of the at least one property of the subsurface from the updated model. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140156557 | Providing a Simulation Service by a Cloud-Based Infrastructure - A cloud-based infrastructure provides a simulation service accessible by a plurality of different enterprises. The cloud-based infrastructure executes an operation simulation in response to access of the simulation service by a particular one of the plurality of enterprises, wherein the operation simulation is of a business process of the particular enterprise and uses information provided by the particular enterprise. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140164284 | Business Object Data Structures with Node Keys - Data is received that characterizes a business object that includes a plurality of nodes each having at least one element, at least one of the nodes comprising at least one node key that in turn identifies at least one of element of the corresponding node. At least a portion of the received data is persisted into at least one database table using the at least one node key to define a structure of the at least one database table. Thereafter, the business object can be instantiated using the at least one database table. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140180961 | SUPPLEMENTAL SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS - In various implementations, a supplemental system may be provided. The supplemental system may be coupled to business intelligence environment(s) to facilitate deployment, version control, testing, and/or other processes. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140244538 | BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT, CONFIGURATION AND EXECUTION - Methods and systems may provide for identifying a first process template associated with a first business process, and modifying an arrangement of the first process template based on user input to obtain a second process template. The second process template may be associated with a second business process. In one example, a validation of the second process template is conducted. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244539 | BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT, CONFIGURATION AND EXECUTION - Methods and systems may provide for identifying a first process template associated with a first business process, and modifying an arrangement of the first process template based on user input to obtain a second process template. The second process template may be associated with a second business process. In one example, a validation of the second process template is conducted. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140258172 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE DISCOVERY AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS ENDEAVOURS - A key ingredient in the design and development of enterprise software systems is a precise description of the business endeavour. In practice the engineering designs for corporate systems are surprisingly poorly articulated due to the difficulty organisations face in clearly defining their business needs in a structured and unambiguous manner. One problem is that the notations used in business process specifications are technical in nature, notoriously complex and not particularly intelligible to business stakeholders. Further, since the business environment is highly dynamic, static documentation is quickly out-of-date and rarely reusable beyond the lifespan of any particular project. There is a constant disconnect between the fluid, evolving nature of business strategies and the brittle, rigid nature of process automation. As a consequence, business stakeholders have little direct control over the structure, behaviour and governance of information systems, which is a major contributing factor in the pervasive issue of system inflexibility and adaptability. This invention provides a method and corresponding system design for addressing these limitations by articulating a business endeavour in a comprehensive, structured conceptual model that is independent of underlying technology and responsive to the dynamics of business strategy. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140258173 | PROGRAMMABLE PLANT SYSTEM - Various systems, methods, and computer program products are described for generating and using a computer model that models development of a plant. For example, a method may include generating a computer model based on empirical data. The computer model may eliminate assumptions regarding growing conditions in order to improve outcome predictions. A method may include recommending, using the computer model, different growing conditions based on a particular plant species and observed growing conditions and/or phenotypic features of the plant. The observed growing conditions may be input by sensors and/or a grower. A method may include generating, using the computer model, a planning schedule that includes optimum growing conditions that facilitates optimal scheduling for plant being cultivated. The recommendations and/or planning schedule may facilitate comparison of phenotypic features of a model plant grown under optimal conditions and a plant being grown by a grower. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140279675 | System and method of a requirement, compliance and resource management methodology - A system and/or a method based on a scalable requirement, compliance and resource management methodology for designing a product/service, optimizing relevant processes and enhancing real time and/or near real time collaboration between many users. The requirement, compliance and resource management methodology is further integrated with a fuzzy/neuro-fuzzy logic algorithm module and/or statistical algorithm module and/or weighting logic algorithm module and enhanced with a graphical user interface. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279676 | AUTOMATED BUSINESS SYSTEM GENERATION - Various embodiments are directed towards determining a total cost for providing the at least one offering. At least one dataset provided by at least one external data source is mapped to one or more fields in at least one dataset template. Further, the at least one dataset mapped to the at least one dataset template includes information related to providing at least one offering, such as cost data. At least one category template is employed to allocate the mapped dataset information to a plurality of categories. Also, each of the plurality of categories may be allocated a percentage of the mapped dataset information values. Additionally, a total cost value is generated for providing the at least one offering and a model for determining the total cost value of the at least an offering based at least on the allocation to at least one category. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279677 | ONTOLOGY-DRIVEN CONSTRUCTION OF SEMANTIC BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE MODELS - Techniques are described for modeling information from a data source. In one example, a method for modeling information from a data source includes identifying one or more lexical clues associated with each of one or more data item headings from the data source based on a set of lexical clue detection rules. The method further includes mapping each of one or more of the data item headings to one or more business concepts based on comparing the one or more identified lexical clues associated with each of one or more of the data item headings with a business ontology that comprises a description of the business concepts. The method further includes generating a semantic business intelligence model comprising one or more semantic associations between the one or more data item headings based on the mapping of the data item headings to the one or more of the business concepts. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140330744 | ANALYTIC SOLUTION INTEGRATION - Embodiments relate analytic solution integration. According to an aspect, a method for analytic solution integration includes establishing an engine abstraction layer configured to interface with a plurality of analytic engines associated with a plurality of models. A services layer is interfaced with the engine abstraction layer to provide a communication interface to invoke the analytic engines associated with the models. A user interface is provided to the services layer. The user interface is configured to define an analytic solution as an executable sequence of one or more of the models. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330745 | ANALYTIC SOLUTION INTEGRATION - Embodiments relate analytic solution integration. According to an aspect, a method for analytic solution integration includes establishing an engine abstraction layer configured to interface with a plurality of analytic engines associated with a plurality of models. A services layer is interfaced with the engine abstraction layer to provide a communication interface to invoke the analytic engines associated with the models. A user interface is provided to the services layer. The user interface is configured to define an analytic solution as an executable sequence of one or more of the models. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140344183 | LATENT FEATURE MODELS ESTIMATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An approximate computation unit computes an approximate of a determinant of a Hessian matrix relating to observed data represented as a matrix. A variational probability computation unit computes a variational probability of a latent variable using the approximate of the determinant. A latent state removal unit removes a latent state based on a variational distribution. A parameter optimization unit optimizes a parameter for a criterion value that is defined as a lower bound of an approximate obtained by Laplace-approximating a marginal log-likelihood function with respect to an estimator for a complete variable, and computes the criterion value. A convergence determination unit determines whether or not the criterion value has converged. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140358820 | COMPUTER ASSISTED CLASSIFICATION OF PACKAGED APPLICATION OBJECTS AND ASSOCIATED CUSTOMIZATIONS INTO A BUSINESS PROCESS HIERARCHY - Methods and arrangements for providing classification for a business process hierarchy. Packaged application objects are received, comprising at least one of the standard application objects and custom objects. At least one of the standard application objects is mapped to at least one node of a business process hierarchy, thereby forming at least one mapping template. At least one of the standard application objects is mapped to at least one of the custom objects to create a first mapping, and at least one of the custom objects is mapped to at least one of the standard application objects to create a second mapping. The at least one mapping template, the first mapping and the second mapping are combined, to create a mapping of at least one of the custom objects to the business process hierarchy. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140372339 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING PROFITABILITY OF A PRINT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A method of determining a maximum profit for a print production environment may include receiving, by a computing device, a flow model associated with a print production environment, applying, by the computing device, a modified Jackson Network analysis to the flow model to generate one more characteristic curves that each characterize a relationship between profit of the print production environment and job inflow rate and that each show a maximum profit value for the print production environment, and presenting, by the computing device, one or more of the generated characteristic curves to a user. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150095257 | NODE-PAIR PROCESS SCOPE DEFINITION ADAPTATION - A previously-computed scope definition represented as at least one begin-end node pair is obtained. The at least one begin-end node pair is usable to identify all nodes and interconnection path links that are reachable in a traversal from a begin node to an end node of each of the at least one begin-end node pair of a selection of a connected directed graphical representation of a process model. A change to the process model relative to the previously-computed scope definition is identified. A type of tooling environment used to change the process model is determined. The tooling environment includes one of a fully-integrated tooling environment and a componentized tool chain tooling environment. The previously-computed scope definition is adapted into an updated process scope definition based upon the identified at least one change to the process model relative to the previously-computed scope definition and the determined type of tooling environment. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150106300 | COLLABORATIVELY ENHANCING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE MODELS - The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method including identifying a predefined business intelligence model associated with a database, the predefined business intelligence model including one or more entities defining a structured organization of data and the predefined business intelligence model is adapted to access data from the database, identifying an enhanced business intelligence model based on the predefined business intelligence model, the enhanced business intelligence model incorporating by reference one or more entities of the predefined business intelligence model and providing the enhanced business intelligence model for accessing data from the database, accessing data from the database including using the one or more entities incorporated by reference in the enhanced business intelligence model, the predefined business intelligence model being unchanged. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106301 | PREDICTIVE MODELING IN IN-MEMORY MODELING ENVIRONMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A system, method, and computer readable storage medium configured to model large amounts of data in an in-memory modeling environment. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150127578 | STATELESS SIMULATION SERVICE - A proxy simulation service can be used to test a complex system, such as a fulfillment network, that depends on upstream and downstream processes in order to operate. The proxy simulation service can be configured to send an event, such as an order request, so as to appear to be sent from a process upstream of the system; and can be configured to receive a request from the system, such as a request to charge payment information, so as to appear as a downstream process of the system. The proxy simulation service can then simulate a response to the received system request based on the request and on state information related to the request. The simulated response can then be sent to the system being tested. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127579 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PRESENT AN INTEGRATED PROCESS MODELER - A method and apparatus for an integrated process modeler is described. The modeler comprises a non-technical interface to permit design of a business process by a non-technical use and a technical interface to implement substeps of the process to automate technical aspects of the process by a technical user, using the same process modeler. The resulting process designed to be used by non-technical employees, to automatically lead the non-technical employees through the business process. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150142694 | BUSINESS PROCESS REALIZATION SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A business process realization system, an operation method and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium thereof are provided. The business process realization system includes a user interface module, a storage unit, an access module, and an identification module. The user interface is configured to receive first input commands corresponding to a business process. The access module is configured to retrieve search results form information technology (IT) resources according to the first input commands and a process architecture and to analyze the search results so as to retrieve first corresponding information technology resources. The identification module is configured to link the first corresponding information technology resources with the first input commands so as to correspond the first corresponding information technology resources to the process architecture and to determine that at least one difference item is not linked with the first corresponding information technology resources. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142695 | Energy Disaggregation Techniques for Whole-House Energy Consumption Data - The present invention is directed to systems and methods for performing energy disaggregation of a whole-house energy usage waveform, based at least in part on the whole-house energy usage profile, training data, and predetermined generic models, including: a module for pairing impulses identified in the whole-house energy usage waveform to indicate an appliance cycle, pairing impulses with at least one up transition with at least one down transition; a module for bundling impulses that are representative of an appliance cycle; a classification module, which upon determination of a type of appliance associated with bundles, is configured to classify the bundles of transitions in accordance with bundles exhibited by similar appliances with similar characteristics; and utilizing such pairing module and module for bundling to perform energy disaggregation. Moreover, the present invention sets forth graphical user interfaces for the presentation of such data and the receipt of user-supplied validation and information | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150317574 | COMMUNAL ORGANIZATION CHART - A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for maintaining an accurate organization chart, are presented. The method may include accessing organization chart data defining a hierarchy of an organization comprising a group of users. At least one user of the group of users may be prompted to provide verification information pertaining to the accuracy of a portion of the organization chart data. Upon receiving the verification information from the at least one user, the method may include updating the organization chart data in accordance with the verification information. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150324922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING THE OPERATIONAL CLAIMS RESPONSE TO A CATASTROPHIC EVENT - A system and method for receiving claims information for a CAT event, the claims information including a number of claims for the CAT event, receiving a plurality of variable modifiers for a response to the CAT event by an insurance company, wherein the variable modifiers include an output of at least one sub-model having a defined sub-model time period, running a model simulation of the response to the CAT event by the insurance company based on the claims information and the plurality of variable modifiers, wherein the model simulation is based on a defined model time period that is different from the defined sub-model time period and outputting results of the simulation. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150356473 | DERIVING COMPARABLE PLANNED AND ACTUAL SERVICE DELIVERY COST METRICS - Aspects generate costs for a business plan from normalized cost metric values by mapping (via a processor implementing an automated process) text artifacts of a business plan to different tags that each include a cost as a function of a time period for delivery of a service that is associated with a computer service element. Aspects also generate a summary view cost estimation as a function of the time period, costs of the mapped tags and a geographic region productive factor that is assigned to a region identified as providing delivery of the service that is associated with the computer service element. The summary view cost estimation estimates a total cost of delivering the computing services of the computer service element over time as a function of the normalized, mapped tag cost metrics. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150371158 | ENHANCED DISPOSITION MONITORING WITH GEOCODING - An enhanced disposition monitoring module may be provided in a plurality of computing devices (e.g., a handheld computing device, a remote server, etc.) to receive, transmit, maintain, and/or analyze disposition and related information that may be associated with geocoded information (e.g., a street address). The enhanced disposition monitoring module may generate a report based on the analysis of the information, including for example, reports showing performance of salespeople and sales in particular neighborhoods. Moreover, the collected information may be analyzed and the resulting data models may be licensed to third-party entities. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160004984 | SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A service oriented architecture (SOA) system and method for optimizing an application service composition are provided. The system includes an interface to receive attributes for an experiment, a hardware processor, and a storage device storing instructions to cause the hardware processor to modify a service component of the application service composition based on the received attributes, execute the experiment using the application service composition including the modified service component, generate a unique identifier (UID) to associate with output data generated from the modified service component, and store the UID, the received attributes, and the output data of the experiment in an instance cache. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160012357 | Automated Space Layout Based on Business Constraints | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160063402 | OILFIELD WATER MANAGEMENT - A method for managing oilfield water. Oilfield water data is grouped into discrete and non-overlapping groups. Outliers are removed from the data. Features of the remaining data are analyzed to identify most discriminative feature. The data is separated into training data and testing data, and the training data is fit into a model that shows the best precision, accuracy and recall. The model is confirmed using the testing data. Upon confirmation of the accuracy of the model, the model is applied to data for a new proposed oilfield well, and a new proposed project is implemented or disapproved based on a result of the identified model that predicts water production of the new proposed oilfield well. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160071031 | ACTIONABLE BUSINESS ENTITY OPERATING MODELS TO DRIVE USER INTERFACE BEHAVIOR - A method and system are provided. The method includes providing an actionable business entity operating model. The method further includes extending the actionable business entity operating model to drive user interface behavior on a user interface device having at least a display device, by extending class and property meta classes of the actionable business entity operating model to include user interface behavior semantics. The extending step includes configuring the user interface behavior semantics to be responsive to an operation state of the actionable business entity operating model. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160098651 | SELF-SERVICE MODEL DESIGNER FOR FEDERATED FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS - A methods and apparatuses for creating a federated multidimensional business planning model may comprise: creating, via a computing device, a first multidimensional business planning model; creating, via a computing device, a second multidimensional business planning model; integrating, via a computing device, the first multidimensional business planning model with the second multidimensional business planning model, wherein the integrating comprises mapping, via a computing device, dimensions of the first multidimensional business planning model to the second multidimensional business planning model, utilizing user input through a model map spreadsheet worksheet defining, via a computing device, at least one source dimension in the first multidimensional business planning model corresponding with at least one target dimension in the second multidimensional business planning model. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160117620 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VISUALIZING ITEMS - Methods, computing systems, and computer-readable media for displaying information about an item such as a completion. An actual completion in a field includes multiple components. These components may include monitors that monitor various elements of the components (pressure, flow through the component, water cut, etc.) and generate real-time data for those elements. A computing system may display a three-dimensional model of the actual completion and display graphics representing the components. The graphics representing the components may be displayed on the three-dimensional model at locations corresponding to the actual locations of the components within the completion. The computing device may also receive real-time data for the actual components and display alerts on the display when the real-time data triggers alarm conditions. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160125329 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION-MANAGED LIFECYCLE DIAGRAMS - Methods for product data management and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes executing an application. The method includes receiving a diagram having layout data, configuration conditions, and a plurality of business objects. The method includes populating the diagram according to the layout data, the configuration conditions, and the business objects. The method includes displaying the configured diagram. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125555 | Handling Domain Discontinuity With The Help of Grid Optimization Techniques - Method for mapping a 3D grid or mesh from a faulted subsurface domain to a continuous design domain, wherein the grid may be used to represent a discrete model of a subsurface material property (such as permeability) to use, for example, in a reservoir simulator. The mapping is geometry-based, not physics-based. The mapping is determined by an iterative optimization procedure designed to penalize deformation of tessellated mesh cells ( | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160140674 | METHOD OF MANAGING PETRO-CHEMICAL RESERVOIR PRODUCTION AND PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A method and computer program product for managing hydrocarbon field production, e.g., petro-chemical reservoir production. The hydrocarbon field is modeled using the finite volume method (FVM) model and the finite element method (FEM). Centroids are located in each FVM cell and each FEM element and overlapping cells are identified. After determining the distance between centroids for overlapping cells, fluid characteristics are mapped to the FEM element centroids, weighted inversely for distance between the respective centroids. A permeability/conductivity weighted average is determined for pore pressure and temperature of sub-volumes clustered around each FEM element node. Field production may be adjusted in response to FEM element node characteristics. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160148128 | BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL SYNCHRONIZATION - Methods for packaging a business process model are provided. A processor determines one or more differences between a first business process model and one or more templates. A processor determines one or more paths of workflow for the first business process model. A processor generates a first generated model. A processor generates a matrix based, in part, on the workflow of the first business process model. A processor determines a first component of the first business model to be an input to a second business component. A processor generates a value for an element of the matrix based, in part, on the determined input of the first component. A processor receives a second generated model. A processor determines one or more differences between the first and second generated models. A processor updates the first business process model based on, in part, the differences between the first and second generated models. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160162815 | System and Method for Transforming a Component Business Model - Seamless transition from a Component Business Model (CBM) to a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) is achieved by converting a tabular representation of a CBM Heat Map to a Unified Modeling Language (UML) representation, and automatically converting the UML representation of a CBM Heat Map to a first iteration of input used during the subsequent SOA solution development using Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA). | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160171396 | MODIFICATION AND DISPLAY OF BUSINESS MODELS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160179474 | AUTOMATED MODEL DERIVATION AND ALIGNMENT | 06-23-2016 |
| 20220138642 | FORECASTING BASED ON PLANNING DATA - A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for improved forecasting for a network parameter of a communication network are disclosed. For example, a processing system including at least one processor may provide improved forecasting for a network parameter of a communication network based on determining an initial forecast for the network parameter, determining a forecast correction for the network parameter based on use of planning data associated with the network parameter of the communication network (e.g., one or more planning data factors known or expected to influence the network parameter), and determining an updated forecast for the network parameter based on modification of the initial forecast for the network parameter based on the forecast correction for the network parameter. For example, the processing system also may use the updated forecast for the network parameter to initiate one or more management actions for the communication network. | 05-05-2022 |
