Workflow method and system therefor
US5867824A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99939
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A workflow system comprising a plurality of workflow subsystems connected to a LAN (Local Area Network), these workflow subsystems being composed of servers and clients, and provides a workflow system which permits an integrated management of the definitions of the business processes placed under decentralized management, through the server managing shipping documents, BPs (Business Processes) describing shipping routes of shipping documents in the subsystem, and business process connection data to connect the BPs.
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