Batch-based method and tool for graphical manipulation of workflows

US7010760B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Teranode Corporation · US

Inventors

• Lawrence F. Arnstein · Seattle, US
• Zheng Li · Baoding, CN
• John M. Hill · Naperville, US
• Michael Kellen · Bellevue, US
• Christophe Poulain · Issaquah, US
• Neil Fanger · Seattle, US
• Kuang Chen · Hsinchu, TW

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2004
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An autofill algorithm provides tools for defining and automatically executing batch based procedures in an adaptive hierarchical workflow environment, and may be suitable for a large variety of applications including laboratory procedure planning, execution, documentation, as wells ad driving robotic apparatus.