Patents by Inventor Mathias Goller

Mathias Goller 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).

  • Method and an apparatus for clustering process models
    Patent number: 8180627
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for clustering process models each consisting of model elements comprising a text phrase which describes in a natural language a process activity according to a process modeling language grammar and a natural language grammar, wherein said apparatus comprises a process object ontology memory for storing a process object ontology, a distance calculation unit for calculating a distance matrix employing said processing modeling language grammar and said natural language grammar, wherein said distance matrix consists of distances each indicating a dissimilarity of a pair of said process models, and a clustering unit which partitions said process models into a set of clusters based on said calculated distance matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Bögl, Mathias Goller, Alexandra Grömer, Gustav Pomberger, Norbert Weber
  • Method and an apparatus for clustering process models
    Publication number: 20100004923
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for clustering process models each consisting of model elements comprising a text phrase which describes in a natural language a process activity according to a process modeling language grammar and a natural language grammar, wherein said apparatus comprises a process object ontology memory for storing a process object ontology, a distance calculation unit for calculating a distance matrix employing said processing modeling language grammar and said natural language grammar, wherein said distance matrix consists of distances each indicating a dissimilarity of a pair of said process models, and a clustering unit which partitions said process models into a set of clusters based on said calculated distance matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Bogl, Mathias Goller, Alexandra Gromer, Gustav Pomberger, Norbert Weber