Cross-enterprise workflow adaptation

US12154052B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Box, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Stephen Philip Hiller · Santa Clara, US
• Jón Tómas Grétarsson · Redwood City, US
• Seth Morgan Luce Voltz · Portland, US
• Varun Parmar · Los Altos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/103
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A shared workflow operates over a plurality of execution environments associated with a content management system. A shared workflow is created in a first execution environment. The workflow is posted to a shared location. A particular workflow is selected from an exchange or other shared location and is thereafter configured to execute in a second execution environment. A computing module analyzes the workflow to identify environment-specific parameters. Based on a computer-generated recommendation emerging from the analysis, a user or a computing agent modifies the environment-specific parameter so as to configure the workflow prior to execution in the second execution environment. The first execution environment may correspond to a first department of an enterprise and the second execution environment may correspond to a second department of the same enterprise. Alternatively, the first execution environment may correspond to a first enterprise and the second execution environment may correspond to a second enterprise.