Patent · US Expired

Parallel database support for workflow management systems

US6415297B1 · kind B1 · utility

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13References

9Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Frank Leymann · Aidlingen, DE
Dieter Roller · Schenefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 1, 1999
Grant date	Jul 2, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99952
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention suggests means for defining a portion of the system-repository of a Workflow-Management-System (WFMS) or a system with comparable functionality to be maintained in a parallel database by a Database-Management-System (DBMS). The WFMS comprises at least one process-model. Moreover, it is suggested that the definition-means for defining, which portions of the system repository is being stored in the parallel database, is comprised in said WFMS's configuration specifications as for instance in said process-model.

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