Data centric and protocol agnostic workflows for exchanging data between a workflow instance and a workflow host

US7363628B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Dharma Shukla · Bellevue, US
• Mayank Mehta · Keyano, CA
• Kumarswamy Valegerepura · Bellevue, US
• Akash J. Sagar · Redmond, US
• Israel Hilerio · Kenmore, US
• Dennis Pilarinos · Vancouver, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2008
• Expiry date: Apr 26, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99933
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Providing data bound workflow activities to model messaging between a workflow instance and a workflow host. The workflow author associates a data source with each data bound activity in a workflow without specifying details of the underlying messaging technology. The data bound activity in the workflow instance communicates with a data source service in the workflow host to exchange data.