Workflow method and system therefor
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1. A workflow method in a system to deliver electronic documents to a plurality of terminals inside the server connected with a plurality of said terminals, comprising the steps of:
- (1) generating at least one business process definition describing the entrance and exit of a shipping route of said electronic documents, and a shipping route for the terminals from said entrance to said exit; and
(2) changing the shipping route, based on business process connection data showing the connection relationship from the exit of at least one business process definition generated above to the entrance of one of the local and remote business process definitions.
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Abstract
A workflow system comprising a plurality of workflow subsystems connected to a LAN (Local Area Network), these workflow subsystems being composed of servers and clients, and provides a workflow system which permits an integrated management of the definitions of the business processes placed under decentralized management, through the server managing shipping documents, BPs (Business Processes) describing shipping routes of shipping documents in the subsystem, and business process connection data to connect the BPs.
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1. A workflow method in a system to deliver electronic documents to a plurality of terminals inside the server connected with a plurality of said terminals, comprising the steps of:
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(1) generating at least one business process definition describing the entrance and exit of a shipping route of said electronic documents, and a shipping route for the terminals from said entrance to said exit; and
(2) changing the shipping route, based on business process connection data showing the connection relationship from the exit of at least one business process definition generated above to the entrance of one of the local and remote business process definitions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A workflow method in a system delivering electronic documents to a plurality of subsystems connected with a plurality of terminals, a transmission line connected with said subsystem and a plurality of terminals inside a plurality of said subsystems comprising in each of at least two of first and second subsystems the steps of:
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(1) generating at least one business process definition describing the entrance and exit of the shipping route of said electronic documents; and
the shipping route for the terminals between said entrance and said exit; and
(2) storing inside said first subsystem the business process connection data to link among the business process definitions inside said first and second subsystems; and
(3) delivering the electronic documents from said first subsystem to the terminals inside said second subsystem, based on said business process connection data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A workflow system for delivery of electronic documents to a plurality of said terminals inside the subsystem connected with a plurality of terminals comprising:
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(1) means of generating at least one business process definition describing the terminal serving as an entrance of said electronic document shipping route, the terminal serving as an exit thereof, and the shipping route for the terminals from said entrance and exit; and
(2) a means for delivering said electronic document from said entrance terminal to said exit terminal based on said generated business process definition.
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12. A workflow system for delivery of electronic documents to a plurality of terminals comprising;
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(1) a plurality of subsystems connected with a plurality of terminals; and
(2) a transmission line connected with said subsystem;
further comprising in each of at least two of first and second subsystems;
(1) means for generating at least one business process definition describing the terminal serving as an entrance of said electronic document shipping route, the terminal serving as an exit thereof, and the shipping route for the terminals from said entrance terminal and exit terminal; and
(2) means for storing inside said first subsystem the business process connection data to link among the business process definitions inside said first and second subsystems; and
(3) a means for delivering the electronic document from said first subsystem to the terminals inside said second subsystem based on said business process connection data.
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