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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2005
Peter K. Malkin, Ardsley, NY (US);
Thomas D. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Wendy A. Kellogg, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Brent Tzion Hailpern, Katonah, NY (US);
Lawrence D. Bergman, Mt. Kisco, NY (US);
Vittorio Castelli, Croton on Hudson, NY (US);
Daniel A. Oblinger, Washington, DC (US);
Peter K. Malkin, Ardsley, NY (US);
Thomas D. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Wendy A. Kellogg, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Brent Tzion Hailpern, Katonah, NY (US);
Lawrence D. Bergman, Mt. Kisco, NY (US);
Vittorio Castelli, Croton on Hudson, NY (US);
Daniel A. Oblinger, Washington, DC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for obtaining a process definition; determining the current process; determining the current process step; determining whether a whether a user has requested creation or modification of an annotation of the current process or step; receiving information from the user for creating the annotation when a user has requested creation of an annotation; and displaying the annotation.