Visual design of workflows for transaction processing
First Claim
1. A method for displaying visual primitives of a workflow used by a customer interaction system, the method using a digital computer having a visual display and a data storage device, the method comprising:
- accessing the workflow from the data storage device, wherein the workflow comprises a plurality of operations to be performed in sequence, the plurality operations being represented by an associated plurality of visual primitives;
displaying the plurality of visual primitives representing the plurality of operations of the workflow using the visual display; and
facilitating unrestricted placement of each of the plurality of visual primitives relative to other visual primitives of the plurality of visual primitives so that the sequence in which the plurality of operations is to be performed is unrelated to relative positioning of the plurality of visual primitives, wherein the sequence in which the plurality of operations is to be performed is specified by visual connectors displayed connecting the plurality of visual primitives and wherein the displaying includes displaying properties of the plurality of visual primitives using the visual display.
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Abstract
A system, method, and article of manufacture for displaying visual primitives of a transaction flow through a transaction processing system. A visual representation of a transaction flow containing visual primitives is accessed from a storage device by a digital computer. The digital computer is then used to display the visual primitives of the transaction flow an a visual display in a flexible manner. The visual primitives can be dynamically sized and may display properties of each visual primitive. Configuration information associated with the transaction flow is also shown on the visual display.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for displaying visual primitives of a workflow used by a customer interaction system, the method using a digital computer having a visual display and a data storage device, the method comprising:
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accessing the workflow from the data storage device, wherein the workflow comprises a plurality of operations to be performed in sequence, the plurality operations being represented by an associated plurality of visual primitives;
displaying the plurality of visual primitives representing the plurality of operations of the workflow using the visual display; and
facilitating unrestricted placement of each of the plurality of visual primitives relative to other visual primitives of the plurality of visual primitives so that the sequence in which the plurality of operations is to be performed is unrelated to relative positioning of the plurality of visual primitives, wherein the sequence in which the plurality of operations is to be performed is specified by visual connectors displayed connecting the plurality of visual primitives and wherein the displaying includes displaying properties of the plurality of visual primitives using the visual display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for displaying visual primitives of a workflow used by a customer interaction system, the apparatus comprising:
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a digital computer;
a visual display coupled to the digital computer and to display the workflow wherein the workflow comprises a plurality of sequential actions, each sequential action is represented by an associated visual primitive and the workflow is displayed utilizing a sequence of visual primitives;
a data storage device coupled to the digital computer and configured to store the workflow in an electronic format; and
a workflow display mechanism operated by the digital computer and coupled to the data storage device and the visual display, wherein workflow display mechanism is to access the workflow and to facilitate unrestricted placement of each of the visual primitives of the sequence of visual primitives relative to each other so that a sequence of the plurality of sequential actions is unrelated to the relative positioning of the visual primitives of the sequence of visual primitives and so that the sequence of the plurality of sequential actions is specified by visual connectors displayed connecting the sequence of visual primitives and wherein the display mechanism is to display properties of the visual primitives. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for displaying visual primitives of a workflow used by a customer interaction system, the apparatus comprising:
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a digital computer;
means coupled to the digital computer for displaying the workflow wherein the workflow comprises a plurality of sequential steps, each sequential step is represented by an associated visual primitive and the workflow is displayed utilizing a sequence of visual primitives;
means coupled to the digital computer for storing the workflow in an electronic format; and
means for accessing the workflow and displaying the workflow on the display means, wherein the means for accessing the workflow and displaying the workflow is operated by the digital computer and coupled to the storing means and the display means, and wherein the means for accessing the workflow and displaying the workflow provides for unrestricted placement of each of the visual primitives of the sequence of visual primitives relative to each other so that a sequence of the plurality of sequential steps is unrelated to the relative positioning of the visual primitives of the sequence of visual primitives and so that the sequence of the plurality of sequential steps is specified by visual connectors displayed connecting the sequence of visual primitives, wherein the means for accessing the workflow and displaying the workflow further includes means for displaying properties of the visual primitives using the display means. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer software product including a medium readable by a processor, the medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method of displaying a visual primitives of a workflow utilized by a customer interaction system, the method using a digital computer having a visual display and a data storage device and including:
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accessing a workflow from the data storage device coupled to the processor, wherein the workflow comprises a plurality of steps to be performed in sequence, the plurality of steps being represented by an associated plurality of visual primitives;
displaying the plurality of visual primitives representing the plurality of steps of the workflow using the visual display coupled to the processor, wherein the computer software product provides for unrestricted placement of each of the plurality of visual primitives relative to other visual primitives of the plurality of visual primitives so that the sequence in which the plurality of steps is to be performed is unrelated to the relative positioning of the plurality of visual primitives and wherein the sequence in which the plurality of steps is to be performed is specified by visual connectors displayed connecting the plurality of visual primitives, the computer software product further including instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to display properties of the visual primitives using the visual display. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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Specification