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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2010
Manoj Das, Fremont, CA (US);
John Liang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Peter Lim, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Emanuel Gerald Noik, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Doug Smith, Saratoga, CA (US);
Rahim Yaseen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Manoj Das, Fremont, CA (US);
John Liang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Peter Lim, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Emanuel Gerald Noik, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Doug Smith, Saratoga, CA (US);
Rahim Yaseen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Siebel Systems, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for refining a business process model includes receiving business process data pertaining to a first phase of a business process definition from a first class of users, creating a model of a business process using the business process data received from the first class of users, receiving business process data pertaining to a second phase of the business process definition from a second class of users, and augmenting the model of the business process based on the business process data received from the second class of users. The method further includes iteratively refining the model of the business process in response to input provided by the first class of users and/or the second class of users.