Method for generating a workflow on a computer, and a computer system adapted for performing the method
First Claim
1. A method for generating a workflow on a computer for guiding a user through a sequence of activities, said method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining assessment data from the user, said assessment data defining a need, problem, state, or desired change of state, creating a workflow based on said assessment data using an assessment system, said workflow describing a logical sequence of interdependent steps to be performed to complete said task, each step having a start and a finish, which may be coincidental, and presenting said user for one or more of said workflow steps in a logical order, wherein said workflow is modified by;
gathering results from the progress of each of said one or more steps, modifying, if needed, the structure of said workflow using said assessment system, sub-solutions, logic rules, inference rules and said results by adding and/or removing steps to/from said workflow based on a list of purposes and knowledge of the order in which some or all steps must be executed, and continuing through said workflow starting the next one or more unfinished steps which is not dependent on an unfinished steps as a sequence predecessor, thereby forming an adaptive procedure.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for generating a workflow on a computer. Assessment data, e.g. defining a need, is obtained from a user. Based thereon, a workflow including a logical sequence of interdependent steps to be made is created using an assessment system. A number of workflow steps are presented to the user in a logical order, and results from the progress of one or more steps may be gathered. The workflow may be modified thereon, if needed, using sub-solutions, logic rules, inference rules and said results by adding and/or removing steps to/from said workflow based on a list of purposes and knowledge of the order in which some or all steps must be made. After modifying the workflow, the presentation thereof is started by the next one or more unfinished steps which are not dependent on an unfinished step, thereby forming an adaptive procedure.
The invention also relates to a computer system adapted to perform the method according to the invention.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for generating a workflow on a computer for guiding a user through a sequence of activities, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining assessment data from the user, said assessment data defining a need, problem, state, or desired change of state, creating a workflow based on said assessment data using an assessment system, said workflow describing a logical sequence of interdependent steps to be performed to complete said task, each step having a start and a finish, which may be coincidental, and presenting said user for one or more of said workflow steps in a logical order, wherein said workflow is modified by;
gathering results from the progress of each of said one or more steps, modifying, if needed, the structure of said workflow using said assessment system, sub-solutions, logic rules, inference rules and said results by adding and/or removing steps to/from said workflow based on a list of purposes and knowledge of the order in which some or all steps must be executed, and continuing through said workflow starting the next one or more unfinished steps which is not dependent on an unfinished steps as a sequence predecessor, thereby forming an adaptive procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer system for generating a workflow and comprising:
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one or more data files containing assessment and assessment inference data outlining a problem to be solved or a need to be fulfilled, a database containing data on one or more solutions or methods to a vast number of smaller tasks within a specific defined technical field, a workflow manager capable of keeping track of steps comprising an activity and ensuring that the steps are carried out in a not wrongful order and where more than one step may be in progress at the same time, and an assessment system capable of creating one or more data files containing a workflow based on said data file, using said database, wherein said one or more data files containing said workflow is modified by the assessment system, said workflow-manager is keeping track of said steps outlined in said one or more data files outlining said workflow, the progress of said steps of said one or more data files outlining said workflow is monitored and one or more data files containing data on said progress of said workflow and results from said progress of said workflow is created or updated, and said assessment system using said one or more data files outlining said progress and said results from the workflow is modifying said one or more data files containing the workflow using sub-solutions, logic rules and inference rules. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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