US 9,286,583 B2Granted

Integrating mind mapping technology with case modeling

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsManjula G. Hosurmath, Seema Meena

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Abstract

Mind mapping technology is integrated with a case management solution. Business process design discussions and brainstorming details from a mind mapping tool can be captured, and key nodes that are relevant for case management can be identified in a mind mapping diagram. The key nodes can then be augmented by associating metadata therewith, enabling data associated with the nodes to be transformed for use as case management objects in the case management solution. In preferred embodiments, this transformation comprises generating a markup language document to represent the objects that correspond to the key nodes, wherein this markup language document conforms to syntax requirements of a solution definition file that is consumable by the case management system.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method of integrating a mind mapping tool with a case management tool, comprising:

obtaining a mind mapping diagram created as output of a mind mapping tool, the diagram comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes which together represent a concept defined using the mind mapping tool;
and
importing the mind mapping diagram into the case management tool for modeling the defined concept as a case model, thereby integrating the mind management tool with the case management tool, comprising:
augmenting each of the nodes in the mind mapping diagram with metadata to describe each of at least one attribute of the each node, wherein the at least one attribute for each node specifies a corresponding attribute defined for the node in the mind mapping tool;
programmatically converting a representation of the mind mapping diagram from a first format used by the mind mapping tool to a second representation of the mind mapping diagram in a second format used by the case management tool, wherein the second representation represents each of the nodes and the metadata for each of the nodes and the second format is a solution definition file consumable by the case management tool;
and
programmatically generating the case model from the second representation, the case model operable in the case management tool, comprising:
generating a corresponding target object for each of the nodes;
and
populating, from the metadata for each of the nodes, the corresponding target object.

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A system for integrating a mind mapping tool with a case management tool, comprising:

a computer comprising a processor;
and
instructions which are executable, using the processor, to implement functions comprising:
creating a mind mapping diagram as output of a mind mapping tool, the diagram comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes which together represent a concept defined using the mind mapping tool;
and
importing the mind mapping diagram into the case management tool for modeling the defined concept as a case model, thereby integrating the mind management tool with the case management tool, comprising:
augmenting each of the nodes in the mind mapping diagram with metadata to describe each of at least one attribute of the each node, wherein the at least one attribute for each node specifies a corresponding attribute defined for the node in the mind mapping tool;
converting a representation of the mind mapping diagram from a first format used by the mind mapping tool to a second representation of the mind mapping diagram in a second format used by the case management tool, wherein the second representation represents each of the nodes and the metadata for each of the nodes and the second format is a solution definition file consumable by the case management tool;
and
programmatically generating the case model from the second representation, the case model operable in the case management tool, comprising:
generating a corresponding target object for each of the nodes;
and
populating, from the metadata for each of the nodes, the corresponding target object.

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A computer program product for integrating a mind mapping tool with a case management tool, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code configured for:
obtaining a mind mapping diagram created as output of a mind mapping tool, the diagram comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes which together represent a concept defined using the mind mapping tool;
and
importing the mind mapping diagram into the case management tool for modeling the defined concept as a case model, thereby integrating the mind management tool with the case management tool, comprising:
augmenting each of the nodes in the mind mapping diagram with metadata to describe each of at least one attribute of the each node, wherein the at least one attribute for each node specifies a corresponding attribute defined for the node in the mind mapping tool;
converting a representation of the mind mapping diagram from a first format used by the mind mapping tool to a second representation of the mind mapping diagram in a second format used by the case management tool, wherein the second representation represents each of the nodes and the metadata for each of the nodes and the second format is a solution definition file consumable by the case management tool;
and
programmatically generating the case model from the second representation, the case model operable in the case management tool, comprising:
generating a corresponding target object for each of the nodes;
and
populating, from the metadata for each of the nodes, the corresponding target object.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.