Dynamically repositioning workflow by end users

US7680683B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Israel Hilerio · Kenmore, US
• Andres Sanabria · Sammamish, US
• Constantin Mihai · Bellevue, US
• Nikhil Kothari · Sammamish, US
• Pravin R. Indurkar · Sammamish, US
• Marcelo R. Uemura · Seattle, US
• Michael Harder · Bodenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0633
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods that dynamically reset a workflow state by employing a dynamic state manager that is external to the workflow, and enables interaction of a host with a workflow instance. An event driven workflow or state machine workflow can be supplied, wherein ad hoc events are employed to reset and manipulate the workflow to states that have not been modeled as part of the workflow itself, to dynamically create relation ships at runtime.