×

Adapting a workflow

  • US 10,430,387 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2010
  • Issued: 10/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for adapting a workflow of a content management system, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at the content management system, at least one created information item created depending on a number of allowed actions established for a particular user who created the at least one information item, in which the at least one information item comprises content to be published, a first information item status level indicative of a present status level of the content within the workflow, and a second information item status level indicative of a number of characteristics of the content within the information item;

    executing the workflow via a workflow engine which comprises stages each corresponding to a respective information item status level, such that a next stage of the workflow is determined based on a combination of;

    different types of user status information, indicative of a status of the particular user;

    the first information item status level; and

    the second information item status level; and

    determining which of a plurality of users of the content management system have signed into a groupware application executing on an enterprise portal community associated with the content management system and are currently active on the groupware application so as to be available to currently approve the at least one information item;

    in which a user is chosen among the plurality of users to manage the next stage in the workflow based on the second information item status level; and

    in which the user status information comprises a user role status that defines what actions in the workflow each of the plurality of users is allowed to engage in and that further defines, based on the status of each of the plurality of users, those stages in the workflow that may be omitted from the workflow.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×