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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2025
Sap SE, Walldorf, DE;
Gregor Berg, Berlin, DE;
Timotheus Kampik, Umea, SE;
Alexander Cramer, Berlin, DE;
David Eickhoff, Berlin, DE;
Majid Rafiei, Aachen, DE;
Remy Saint Cricq, Heiligkreuzsteinach, DE;
SAP SE, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
Each event type in a business process is represented by a node in a process discovery graph. Semantic clustering merges nodes based on a commonality between them. As a result, a graphical user interface (GUI) may be presented that shows fewer nodes. This process may be repeated, using different commonalities at each level. A user may select a node to zoom in, showing the constituent nodes. The frequency of an event or its other attribute values may be compared to a predetermined threshold to determine if the event is a blocking event. The GUI may indicate that the node for an event is a blocking event. When the node for the event is merged with other nodes using semantic clustering, the blocking status of the node is transferred to the merged node. After zooming in on the blocking event, the GUI allows the user to select the blocking event to cause display of a recommendation.