Method and system for flexible workflow management
First Claim
1. A method for providing emergent and flexible workflow management to a first user, the first user communicating with other users, the first user using a first message-based system having embedded information management resources, the first message-based system having a viewer, the method comprising the operations of:
- (a) generating a message at the first message-based system, the message having metadata;
(b) updating metadata of the message, the metadata including at least one of the group of a deadline, a reminder, a deferral and an obligation, using the embedded information management resources;
(c) sending the message to the other users;
(d) displaying some of the metadata of the message on the viewer of the first message-based system; and
(e) tracking some of the metadata of the message at the first message-based system.
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Abstract
A method for providing emergent and flexible workflow management to a user. The user communicates with other users, using a message-based system having embedded information management resources. The message-based system has a viewer. A message is generated at the message-based system. The message has metadata. The metadata of the message is updated using the embedded information management resources. The metadata include at least one of the group of a deadline, a reminder, a deferral and an obligation. The message is sent to the other users. Some of the metadata of the message are displayed on the viewer of the message-based system. Some of the metadata of the message are tracked at the message-based system.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for providing emergent and flexible workflow management to a first user, the first user communicating with other users, the first user using a first message-based system having embedded information management resources, the first message-based system having a viewer, the method comprising the operations of:
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(a) generating a message at the first message-based system, the message having metadata;
(b) updating metadata of the message, the metadata including at least one of the group of a deadline, a reminder, a deferral and an obligation, using the embedded information management resources;
(c) sending the message to the other users;
(d) displaying some of the metadata of the message on the viewer of the first message-based system; and
(e) tracking some of the metadata of the message at the first message-based system. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for managing and tracking information items within a first message-based system, the first message-based system being one of a set of message-based systems within a workgroup, the first message-based system having a viewer, the system comprising:
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(a) a thrask generating module generating a plurality of thrasks, each of the thrasks including at least one information item having a set of metadata, the metadata including at least one of the group of a deadline, a reminder, a deferral and an obligation;
(b) a sorting module sorting a new information item into one of the thrasks in accordance with at least one criterion;
(c) a display module displaying some of the thrasks and at least one of the metadata of each of the information items in each of the displayed thrasks in the viewer; and
(d) an updating module updating the thrasks and at least one of the metadata. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A method for managing and tracking information items within a first message-based system, the first message-based system being one of a set of message-based systems within a shared workgroup, the message-based systems being synchronized periodically with a shared workgroup component on a server, the first message-based system having a viewer, the method comprising the operations of:
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(a) generating a plurality of thrasks, each of the thrasks including at least one information item having a set of metadata;
(b) sorting a new information item into one of the thrasks in accordance with at least one criterion;
(c) displaying some of the thrasks and at least one of the metadata of one of the information items in one of the displayed thrasks in the viewer; and
(d) providing a shared view of some of the thrasks to a subset of the message-based systems within the shared workgroup in response to a user selection of an option. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A system for managing and tracking information items within a first message-based system, the first message-based system being one of a set of message-based systems within a shared workgroup, the message-based systems being synchronized periodically with a shared workgroup component on a server, the first message-based system having a viewer, the system comprising:
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(a) a thrask generating module generating a plurality of thrasks, each of the thrasks including at least one information item having a set of metadata;
(b) a sorting module sorting a new information item into one of the thrasks in accordance with at least one criterion;
(c) a display module displaying some of the thrasks and at least one of the metadata of one of the information items in one of the displayed thrasks in the viewer; and
(d) a sharing module providing a shared view of some of the thrasks to a subset of the message-based systems within the shared workgroup in response to a user selection of an option. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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