End user oriented workflow approach including structured processing of ad hoc workflows with a collaborative process engine
    1.
    发明授权
    End user oriented workflow approach including structured processing of ad hoc workflows with a collaborative process engine 有权
    最终面向用户的工作流程方法,包括使用协作过程引擎对特定工作流的结构化处理

    公开(公告)号:US07885847B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-08

    申请号:US10841809

    申请日:2004-05-07

    IPC分类号: G06F15/02

    CPC分类号: G06Q10/10 G06Q10/06316

    摘要: In a structured workflow system, a configurable workflow engine provides mechanisms for executing and scheduling the work items in a defined way. End users use their discretion and define their own “local” processes and “local” rules for processing work items, or deviate from predefined processes. The configurable workflow engine might be installed at a server to organize workflows and business processes where end users can define processing steps for incoming work items by setting up rules and defining workflows as part of a local workflow structure. By defining these rules and workflows, the further processing steps of future incoming work items can be automated. When an administrator directs the workflow engine to move from a current phase to a next phase, the workflow engine deals with the incomplete items by allowing the administrator to carry over work items (or might do it automatically). End-user consultation might be included in the carry-over decisions. The carried over work items are added as parallel activities to the next phase. The workflow engine handles imposing and executing control flow dependencies between tasks, thus providing a smooth transition from totally unstructured work to semi-structured or completely structured work. When the workflow engine encounters semantically correlated work items/tasks, the process engine assumes that these work items/tasks belong to the same process instance.

    摘要翻译: 在结构化工作流系统中,可配置工作流引擎提供了以定义的方式执行和调度工作项的机制。 最终用户自行决定并定义自己的“本地”流程和“本地”规则来处理工作项目,或偏离预定义的流程。 可配置的工作流引擎可能安装在服务器上以组织工作流和业务流程,在这些流程中,最终用户可以通过设置规则并将工作流定义为本地工作流结构的一部分来定义传入工作项的处理步骤。 通过定义这些规则和工作流程,未来的工作项目的进一步处理步骤可以自动化。 当管理员指导工作流引擎从当前阶段转移到下一阶段时,工作流引擎通过允许管理员继承工作项(或者可以自动执行)来处理不完整的项目。 最终用户咨询可能包含在结转决定中。 结转工作项目作为并行活动添加到下一阶段。 工作流引擎处理强制执行任务之间的控制流依赖关系,从而提供从完全非结构化工作到半结构化或完全结构化工作的平滑过渡。 当工作流引擎遇到语义相关的工作项/任务时,流程引擎假定这些工作项/任务属于相同的流程实例。

    End user oriented workflow approach including structured processing of ad hoc workflows with a collaborative process engine
    2.
    发明申请
    End user oriented workflow approach including structured processing of ad hoc workflows with a collaborative process engine 有权
    最终面向用户的工作流程方法,包括使用协作过程引擎对特定工作流的结构化处理

    公开(公告)号:US20050027585A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-03

    申请号:US10841809

    申请日:2004-05-07

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/00 G06F17/60

    CPC分类号: G06Q10/10 G06Q10/06316

    摘要: In a structured workflow system, a configurable workflow engine provides mechanisms for executing and scheduling the work items in a defined way. End users use their discretion and define their own “local” processes and “local” rules for processing work items, or deviate from predefined processes. The configurable workflow engine might be installed at a server to organize workflows and business processes where end users can define processing steps for incoming work items by setting up rules and defining workflows as part of a local workflow structure. By defining these rules and workflows, the further processing steps of future incoming work items can be automated. When an administrator directs the workflow engine to move from a current phase to a next phase, the workflow engine deals with the incomplete items by allowing the administrator to carry over work items (or might do it automatically). End -user consultation might be included in the carry-over decisions. The carried over work items are added as parallel activities to the next phase. The workflow engine handles imposing and executing control flow dependencies between tasks, thus providing a smooth transition from totally unstructured work to semi-structured or completely structured work. When the workflow engine encounters semantically correlated work items/tasks, the process engine assumes that these work items/tasks belong to the same process instance.

    摘要翻译: 在结构化工作流系统中,可配置工作流引擎提供了以定义的方式执行和调度工作项的机制。 最终用户自行决定并定义自己的“本地”流程和“本地”规则来处理工作项目,或偏离预定义的流程。 可配置的工作流引擎可能安装在服务器上以组织工作流和业务流程,在这些流程中,最终用户可以通过设置规则并将工作流定义为本地工作流结构的一部分来定义传入工作项的处理步骤。 通过定义这些规则和工作流程,未来的工作项目的进一步处理步骤可以自动化。 当管理员指导工作流引擎从当前阶段转移到下一阶段时,工作流引擎通过允许管理员继承工作项(或者可以自动执行)来处理不完整的项目。 最终用户咨询可能包含在结转决定中。 结转工作项目作为并行活动添加到下一阶段。 工作流引擎处理强制执行任务之间的控制流依赖关系,从而提供从完全非结构化工作到半结构化或完全结构化工作的平滑过渡。 当工作流引擎遇到语义相关的工作项/任务时,流程引擎假定这些工作项/任务属于相同的流程实例。

    Universal worklist service and user interface
    4.
    发明授权
    Universal worklist service and user interface 有权
    通用工作列表服务和用户界面

    公开(公告)号:US07979296B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-12

    申请号:US10841241

    申请日:2004-05-07

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/00

    摘要: Work items are collected from one or more work item providers for presentation to a workflow participant. A work item provider is typically a workflow management system (“WFMS”), but other providers of work items might exist that generate work items and may or may not have their own local worklist. Multiple independent WFMS's of multiple types might provide work items to a universal worklist (“UWL”) service that integrates the work items from all of the providers. Additional integration might be provided between the UWL and work item providers, such as for controlling work item execution with a sub-workflow through an ad-hoc workflow engine. Additional integration provides for custom attributes. Each work item has a type that is used to determine handling for that work item. A universal work list service includes storage for work items, wherein a work item represents a task generated as part of a process flow. An engine supporting the UWL service might track item types for work items and might obtain attribute values for attributes of the work item according to the work item's type.

    摘要翻译: 从一个或多个工作项提供者收集工作项目以呈现给工作流参与者。 工作项提供者通常是工作流管理系统(“WFMS”),但是可能存在生成工作项的其他工作项提供者,并且可能有也可能没有自己的本地工作列表。 多种独立的WFMS可以将工作项目提供给整合来自所有提供商的工作项的通用工作清单(“UWL”)服务。 可以在UWL和工作项提供者之间提供额外的集成,例如通过自组织工作流引擎用子工作流控制工作项执行。 额外的集成提供自定义属性。 每个工作项都有一个类型,用于确定该工作项的处理。 通用工作列表服务包括工作项目的存储,其中工作项目表示作为过程流程的一部分生成的任务。 支持UWL服务的引擎可以跟踪工作项目的项目类型,并可以根据工作项的类型获取工作项目的属性的属性值。

    Widgetizing a web-based application
    6.
    发明授权
    Widgetizing a web-based application 有权
    安装基于Web的应用程序

    公开(公告)号:US08312450B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-13

    申请号:US12338803

    申请日:2008-12-18

    IPC分类号: G06F9/445

    CPC分类号: G06F9/445 G06F9/451

    摘要: Method and system for widgetizing a web-based application are provided. An example system comprises a widgetizer trigger and a definition module. The widgetizer trigger may be configured to receive at a server computer system, from a web browser application running at a client computer system, a request to widgetize a web-based computer application to permit the computer application to be run as a desktop widget at the client computer system. The definition module may be configured to provide to the client computer application, in response to the request to widgetize, a definition file associated with the computer application, the definition file comprising a reference link to the computer application, the reference link including one or more parameters, the one or more parameters to instruct the computer application to generate output in a format suitable for use by a widget engine provided at the client computer system.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于对基于web的应用程序进行小程序化的方法和系统。 一个示例系统包括一个widgetizer触发器和一个定义模块。 小部件化程序触发器可以被配置为在服务器计算机系统处从在客户端计算机系统上运行的web浏览器应用程序接收小部件化基于web的计算机应用程序的请求,以允许计算机应用程序作为桌面小部件 客户端计算机系统。 定义模块可以被配置为响应于小窗口化的请求而向客户端计算机应用程序提供与计算机应用程序相关联的定义文件,该定义文件包括到计算机应用程序的参考链接,该参考链接包括一个或多个 参数,所述一个或多个参数指示所述计算机应用以适合由在所述客户计算机系统处提供的小部件引擎使用的格式生成输出。

    Organizer or e-mail and workflow integration

    公开(公告)号:US20060143270A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-29

    申请号:US11022343

    申请日:2004-12-23

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    CPC分类号: G06Q10/107

    摘要: In a computer system wherein messages are transferred between participants, at least some of which are human users of the computer system using the computer system in furtherance of work projects, and wherein a workflow system handles task-based operations in a structured environment, tasks embodied in messages are handled as tasks in the structure environment by transforming messages into workflow items. One embodiment provides for sending a message from a sender to a user computer system; upon review of the message at the user computer system by a user, accepting input from the user representative of a trigger for transforming the message content to a workflow object, wherein the workflow object is a structured representation of one or more tasks to be performed by one or more assignees including linkages between tasks; following a trigger for transforming, accepting user input as needed to obtain task-related information other than information present in the message; once the user input is obtained, generating one or more workflow objects for tasks representing by the message; and providing the one or more workflow objects to a workflow system for workflow handling.

    Universal worklist service and user interface
    8.
    发明申请
    Universal worklist service and user interface 有权
    通用工作列表服务和用户界面

    公开(公告)号:US20050033626A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-10

    申请号:US10841241

    申请日:2004-05-07

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/00 G06F17/60

    摘要: Work items are collected from one or more work item providers for presentation to a workflow participant. A work item provider is typically a workflow management system (“WFMS”), but other providers of work items might exist that generate work items and may or may not have their own local worklist. Multiple independent WFMS's of multiple types might provide work items to a universal worklist (“UWL”) service that integrates the work items from all of the providers. Additional integration might be provided between the UWL and work item providers, such as for controlling work item execution with a sub-workflow through an ad-hoc workflow engine. Additional integration provides for custom attributes. Each work item has a type that is used to determine handling for that work item. A universal work list service includes storage for work items, wherein a work item represents a task generated as part of a process flow. An engine supporting the UWL service might track item types for work items and might obtain attribute values for attributes of the work item according to the work item's type.

    摘要翻译: 从一个或多个工作项提供者收集工作项目以呈现给工作流参与者。 工作项提供者通常是工作流管理系统(“WFMS”),但是可能存在生成工作项的其他工作项提供者,并且可能有也可能没有自己的本地工作列表。 多种独立的WFMS可以将工作项目提供给整合来自所有提供商的工作项的通用工作清单(“UWL”)服务。 可以在UWL和工作项提供者之间提供额外的集成,例如通过自组织工作流引擎用子工作流控制工作项执行。 额外的集成提供自定义属性。 每个工作项都有一个类型,用于确定该工作项的处理。 通用工作列表服务包括工作项目的存储,其中工作项目表示作为过程流程的一部分生成的任务。 支持UWL服务的引擎可以跟踪工作项目的项目类型,并可以根据工作项的类型获取工作项目的属性的属性值。