Project and role based workflow systems and methods
US6539404B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 13, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/10
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to project and role based workflow systems and methods used in conjunction with e-mail systems and/or the World Wide Web. Project identifiers, the roles of the users in an organization, and/or the organizational structure itself, define the route of the workflow in one or more relational database tables. In an embodiment, rather than creating a different route for each workflow, the route may use role to map the workflow to the e-mail addresses of the people who are to execute the workflow. The role may be specified or may be determined based on other information such as an organization chart. A mapping table can also identify alternate or backup personnel where the role table specifies a list of e-mail addresses with a selection rule.
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