Object-oriented framework for document routing service in a content management system
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1. A method for providing an object oriented framework for document routing, comprising:
- defining a document routing process with a finite number of predefined stages;
executing the document routing process based on the stages to create a work package; and
querying the work package; and
presenting the work package in the object oriented framework to an application without an intermediate interface layer.
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Abstract
An object-oriented framework for document routing service in a content management system directly provides the server API set for document routing to the application programmers, without an intermediate interface layer. This framework provides document routing functions and system administration support for document routing. In addition, the system defines the document routing process as a series of steps provided by an administrator through which a document is routed, where a work node is a step within the process. A work list is provided that is a filter of one or more work nodes; a user may obtain a list of work or the “next” work item from the work list. Work packages can be suspended pending the satisfaction of criteria such as delay time or collection of a specified group of documents. The process can be resumed at any time. Suspension and resumption of the process are defined by the resume list in the work package and the work node. The object-oriented framework defines the object model of the document routing service that includes a set of classes and associated methods to support the model.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for providing an object oriented framework for document routing, comprising:
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defining a document routing process with a finite number of predefined stages;
executing the document routing process based on the stages to create a work package; and
querying the work package; and
presenting the work package in the object oriented framework to an application without an intermediate interface layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for providing an object oriented framework for document routing, comprising:
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a first set of instructions for defining a document routing process with a finite number of predefined stages;
a second set of instructions for executing the document routing process based on the stages to create a work package; and
a third set of instructions for querying the work package; and
a fourth set of instructions for presenting the work package in the object oriented framework to an application without an intermediate interface layer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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