Editing, creating, and verifying reorganization of flowchart, and transforming between flowchart and tree diagram

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7647577
APP PUB NO 20050289526A1
SERIAL NO

11140194

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Provides methods for transforming a flowchart to an equivalent tree diagram, methods for transforming an equivalent tree diagram to a flowchart, methods for verifying reorganization of a flowchart, methods for editing a flowchart, methods for creating a flowchart and a flowchart editor. A flowchart includes one or more logic structures and one or more processing activities in said one or more logic structures. The method for transforming a flowchart to an equivalent tree diagram comprises: traversing said flowchart; transforming said one or more logic structures in said flowchart to one or more branching nodes in said tree diagram; and transforming one or more processing activities in said logic structures of said flowchart to one or more leaf nodes below corresponding branching nodes in said tree diagram. Further, edition of a flowchart and verification of reorganization of a flowchart are performed by utilizing an equivalent tree diagram.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Li, Jing Beijing, CN 986 5528
Liang, Hai Qi ShangDi Beijing, CN 4 37
Liu, Ying Beijing, CN 609 3706
Wang, Jian Beijing, CN 1691 15973
Ye, Sheng Beijing, CN 196 830
Zhu, Jun Beijing, CN 654 4398
Zuo, Ying Nan Beijing, CN 3 102

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