Integration of data management operations into a workflow system

US7496887B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mike W. Grasselt · Echterdingen, DE
• Matthias Kloppmann · Eppelheim, DE
• Albert Maier · Tübingen, DE
• Oliver Suhre · Stuttgart, DE
• Matthias Tschaffler · Nufringen, DE
• Charles D. Wolfson · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 24, 2009
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2026

Classification

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

Abstract

Techniques are provided for processing a workflow. A workflow including one or more data management activities is received. A workflow description is generated from the workflow that includes a description of the one or more data management activities. One or more data management operations are generated from the workflow description. The one or more data management operations are executed against one or more data management systems.