Patent №
US 8,036,860
Granted
2011-10-11
Filed 2007
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
2
ml · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11781363
A model of a process is created using novel “fan-out” and “fan-in” symbols. A fan-out symbol represents a point in the process flow where a variable number of homogeneous parallel outgoing threads are being split out from a single incoming thread. The fan-in symbol represents a point in the process flow where a variable number of parallel incoming threads with homogeneous output are combined into one or more outgoing threads.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 195870229
Assignors
FRANK, JOACHIM, RUMBAUGH, JAMES
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.