IP Library Granted Patent US 10,949,455
Granted Patent B2
US 10,949,455 · App. 16/886,523 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Automated process collaboration platform in domains

Inventors: Michael Reh (Schriesheim, DE); Sudipto Shankar Dasgupta (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: Live Objects, Inc.
G06F16/353G06F16/316G06N3/0427G06N3/0445G06N3/0454G06N3/08G06N5/025
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Patent No.
US 10,949,455
App. No.
16/886,523
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computing server may receive master data, transaction data, and a process model of a domain. The computing server may aggregate, based on domain knowledge ontology of the domain, the master data and the transaction data to generate a fact table. For example, entries in the fact table may be identified as relevant to the target process model and include attributes and facts that are extracted from master data or transaction data. The computing server may convert the entries in the fact table into vectors. The computing server may identify, based on the vectors, an attribute in the process model as being statistically significant on impacting the process model. For example, a regression model may be used to determine the statistical significance of an attribute on the model process. The computing server may generate an action associated with the attribute to improve the process model.

Claims (76)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving master data, transaction data, and a process model of a domain;

aggregating, based on domain knowledge ontology of the domain, the master data and the transaction data to generate a fact table;

converting entries in the fact table into vectors;

identifying, based on the vectors, an attribute that impacts the process model, wherein identifying, based on the vectors, the attribute that impacts the process model comprises:

receiving a performance indicator,

inputting the vectors into an algorithm to identify a correlation between the attribute and the performance indicator,

determining a p-value of the attribute, and

determining, based on the p-value, whether the attribute is statistically significant on impacting the performance indicator;

generating an action associated with the attribute to improve the process model; and

providing the action to a client device associated with the domain.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the algorithm is a regression algorithm.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the action associated with the attribute to improve the process model comprises:

receiving a request to improve the process model,

determining the action based on the request and the attribute, and

identifying an agent to perform the action, the agent being a user associated with the client device provided with the action.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the request is a collaboration request or a delegation request.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving data related to a user manual action performed to improve the process model;

providing the data to a machine learning algorithm that generates the action to reinforce the machine learning algorithm.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a query regarding the process model;

aggregating the query with domain knowledge ontology;

retrieving causal analyses associated with the attribute; and

generating an output to the query based on the causal analyses.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the query is a natural language query, and aggregating the query with domain knowledge ontology comprises converting the natural language query into a database query using the domain knowledge ontology.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the output to the query identifies information of the step of the process model that can be used to improve the process model.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein aggregating, based on the domain knowledge ontology of the domain, the master data and the transaction data to generate the fact table comprises:

deriving relationships of entities in the master data and the transaction data based on the domain knowledge ontology of the domain;

converting the relationships of the entities into serialization entries in the fact table.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the serialization entries are in a resource description framework format.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the master data and the transaction data are received from an enterprise resource planning application of the domain, and the improved process model is fed back to the enterprise resource planning application.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , the performance indicator is at least one of time, revenue, cost, profit, or compliance.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the entries in the fact table are scaled by feature scaling prior to converting into the vectors.

14. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory configured to store computer code comprising instructions, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processor to:

receive master data, transaction data, and a process model of a domain;

aggregate, based on domain knowledge ontology of the domain, the master data and the transaction data to generate a fact table;

convert entries in the fact table into vectors;

identify, based on the vectors, an attribute that impacts the process model wherein the instructions to identify, based on the vectors, the attribute that impacts the process model comprises the instructions to:

receive a performance indicator,

input the vectors into an algorithm to identify a correlation between the attribute and the performance indicator,

determine a p-value of the attribute, and

determine, based on the p-value, whether the attribute is statistically significant on impacting the performance indicator;

generate an action associated with the attribute to improve the process model; and

providing the action to a client device associated with the domain.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the instruction to generate the action associated with the step to improve the process model comprises instructions to:

receive a request to improve the process model,

determine the action based on the request and the attribute, and

identify an agent to perform the action, the agent being a user associated with the client device provided with the action.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the one or more processors to:

receive a query regarding the process model;

aggregate the query with domain knowledge ontology;

retrieve the action associated with the step that is related to the query; and

generate an output to the query based on the action.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer code comprising instructions, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive master data, transaction data, and a process model of a domain;

aggregate, based on domain knowledge ontology of the domain, the master data and the transaction data to generate a fact table;

convert entries in the fact table into vectors;

identify, based on the vectors, an attribute that impacts the process model, wherein the instructions to identify, based on the vectors, the attribute that impacts the process model comprises the instructions to:

receive a performance indicator,

input the vectors into an algorithm to identify a correlation between the attribute and the performance indicator,

determine a p-value of the attribute, and

determine, based on the p-value, whether the attribute is statistically significant on impacting the performance indicator;

generate an action associated with the attribute to improve the process model; and

providing the action to a client device associated with the domain.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the instruction to generate the action associated with the step to improve the process model comprises instructions to:

receive a request to improve the process model,

determine an action based on the request and the attribute, and

identify an agent to perform the action, the agent being a user associated with the client device provided with the action.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the one or more processors to:

receive a query regarding the process model;

aggregate the query with domain knowledge ontology;

retrieve causal analyses associated with the attribute; and

generate an output to the query based on the causal analyses.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2025
From: ZUORA, INC.
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 070236/0918 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2021
From: MODERNAIZE, INC.
To: ZUORA, INC.
Reel/Frame 056872/0335 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 15, 2021
From: LIVE OBJECTS, INC.
To: MODERNAIZE, INC.
Reel/Frame 056939/0077 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2020
From: DASGUPTA, SUDIPTO SHANKAR; REH, MICHAEL
To: LIVE OBJECTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 053113/0801 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 201941005513 · Feb 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part PCTUS2020016838 · Feb 5, 2020
Continuation 16540530 · Aug 14, 2019
Provisional Application 63006615 · Apr 7, 2020
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