Workflow system, workflow control method and storage medium
US6853974B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 20, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/0639
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a workflow system capable of simultaneously executing a plurality of business processes, an exception handling unit extracts an exception condition from a business status definition table and transfers the exception condition to a status watcher, the status watcher refers to data contained in an application data base and, when there is a change meeting a predetermined exception condition, transfers the change to a user retrieval unit, the user retrieval unit refers to a working data base to retrieve a user and gives information to the computer of the related user, whereby, when one of interdependent business processes is discontinued, information that the business process is discontinued is given to the computers executing the other interdependent business processes.
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