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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1997
Glen K. Okita, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh K. Agarwal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Margaret K. Bodie, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Fung-Wah Lin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Yiu Man Chan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David T. McCalmont, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert A. Blatt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Aspect Communications, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and article of manufacture for editing visual primitives of a transaction flow used by 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 visual primitives are then displayed on the visual display. The system then edits the visual primitives in a manner that provides for unrestricted placement of the visual primitives. A visual indicator is displayed if the transaction flow is incomplete. Alphanumeric text can be added to a visual primitive or placed elsewhere within the transaction flow. A connection is automatically established between a pair of visual primitives if the visual primitives overlap one another. Transaction flow templates can be selected and modified by the visual editing system.