Multiple instance management for workflow process models

US8424011B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Alistair P. Barros · Ipswich, AU
• Alexander Grosskopf · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

A first instance and a second instance of an activity of a process model may be executed, the first instance, the second instance, and the activity being associated with activity state data describing one or more states thereof. A co-process associated with the first instance, the second instance, and the activity may be spawned, and the co-process may be executed based on the activity state data.