METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCENARIO-BASED VISUALIZATION

• US 20090064098A1
• Filed: 08/28/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Starkey, Michael, Huang, Jinchao
• Application Number:
  US11/845,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20090064098A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/109
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques

Abstract

The invention provides a method and system for generating a visual representation of an interaction between a computer system and a user.

Claims

1. A method of generating a visual representation of an interaction between a computer system and a user, the method comprising:

accessing a user scenario comprising;

at least one user role;

at least one business object;

at least one user task; and

at least one computer system role;

constructing a data view for each business object and an action view for each user task;

selecting at least one user-system interaction pattern from a database of pre-defined user-system interaction patterns based on the at least one user role; and

generating a visual representation of the user scenario using the data view(s), action view(s), and user-system interaction pattern.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

defining the user scenario.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a presentation style from a database; and

applying the presentation style to at least one of the following;

the data view(s), the action view(s), and the user-system interaction pattern.

4. A system for generating a visual representation of an interaction between a computer system and a user, the system comprising:

a system for accessing a user scenario comprising;

at least one user role;

at least one business object;

at least one user task; and

at least one computer system role;

a system for constructing a data view for each business object and an action view for each user task;

a system for selecting at least one user-system interaction pattern from a database of pre-defined user-system interaction patterns based on the at least one user role; and

a system for generating a visual representation of the user scenario using the data view(s), action view(s), and user-system interaction pattern.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

a system for defining the user scenario.

6. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

a system for selecting a presentation style from a database; and

a system for applying the presentation style to at least one of the following;

the data view(s), the action view(s), and the user-system interaction pattern.