Modeling user input and interaction in workflow based applications

US9710773B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Andres Sanabria · Sammamish, US
• Constantin Mihai · Bellevue, US
• Nikhil Kothari · Sammamish, US
• Israel Hilerio · Kenmore, US
• Michael Harder · Bodenheim, DE
• Paul Maybee · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2017
• Expiry date: May 15, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06316
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods that implement interactivity as part of a workflow itself. Data is passed in and out of the workflow to form an interactive workflow, via employing an interactive activity component. Such interactive activity component models suspension points within a workflow definition, wherein user input and associated interaction can be supplied to the workflow during various interactivity breaks that request user input. Such an arrangement enables a controlled/synchronous data exchange between the workflow and a host application associated therewith.