Patents by Inventor Birgit Zimmermann

Birgit Zimmermann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140058789
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for process model extraction and weak-spot analysis from plain event logs are described herein. In an aspect, the method involves obtaining an event log that includes events grouped by process instances. Based on analyzing the event log a process graph is generated. In another aspect, one or more visual representations of the generated process graph, indicating the weak-spots, are generated. At least one of the one or more visual representations of the process model is rendered in response to receiving a selection of the at least one visual representation. In yet another aspect, the weak-spots are transformed into a data structure and provided as input to a rule mining algorithm for generating a set of rules defining the weak-spots. The set of rules received from the rule mining algorithm are rendered on a graphical user interface (GUI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: MARKUS DOEHRING, Bernhard DRITTLER, Oliver KIESELBACH, Alexander Christian MUELLER, Birgit ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20070231781
    Abstract: First metadata associated with a first e-learning course are read, the first metadata are compared with metadata associated with a desired e-learning course, a dissimilarity between the first course and a desired e-learning course is determined based on a comparison of the first metadata with metadata associated with the desired course, and a cost of transforming the first course into the desired course is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Birgit Zimmermann, Marek Meyer