Transformation of componentized and extensible workflow to a declarative format

US7451432B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Dharma Shukla · Bellevue, US
• Mayank Mehta · Keyano, CA
• Aditya Bhandarkar · Bellevue, US
• Abhay Parasnis · Sammamish, US
• Akash J. Sagar · Redmond, US
• Kumarswamy Valegerepura · Bellevue, US
• Robert B. Schmidt · Carlsbad, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 11, 2008
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/067
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Building a componentized workflow model. Each step of the workflow is modeled as an activity that has metadata to describe design time aspects, compile time aspects, and runtime aspects of the workflow step. A user selects and arranges the activities to create the workflow via user interfaces or application programming interfaces. The metadata associated with each of the activities in the workflow is collected to create a persistent representation of the workflow. Users extend the workflow model by authoring custom activities. The workflow may be compiled and executed.