System and method for providing a distributed workflow through a plurality of handheld devices

US7908311B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intuition Publishing Limited · IE

Inventors

• Keith O'Loughlin · Maynooth, IE
• David J. Harrison · New Milford, US
• Niall Darby · Blackrock, IE
• Padraig Cummins · Dalkey, IE
• Lorraine Moore · Dublin, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

A computer implemented distributed workflow system includes a central server containing a management module and a datastore for storing workflow modules each having identifiable allocatable tasks requiring user input to complete. The management module is configured to define the workflow and manage the creation and distribution of the identifiable allocated tasks to one or more remote users, each having an associated handheld device and a locally stored application executable on the handheld device. Processing by the remote user of the identifiable allocated task is in response to a task initiation communication from the central server, which communicates with the remote handheld devices over a communications network. A user interface on the handheld device which facilitates data entry when the user completes the allocated task.