Methods and apparatus for exposing workflow process definitions as business objects

US10817811B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SOURCECODE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Adriaan van Wyk · Roodepoort, ZA
• Pieter Janson · Centurion, ZA
• Wynand du Toit · Roodepoort, ZA
• Jacobus du Preez · Snoqualmie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2008
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2020
• Expiry date: May 4, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0633
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for exposing a workflow processes definition as a business object. Using the methods and apparatus herein, users can access a business object representing a workflow process definition from any system using standard database constructs. The data for the business object may be combined from a variety of existing sources and/or new data. Using the methods and apparatus a user may generate reports from the business object.