Workflow management devices and systems, and workflow assignment and management methods
First Claim
1. A workflow management device comprising:
- a communications interface configured to receive a user request comprising one or more user-desired product properties to achieve a user-desired product, the interface further configured to communicate with one or more devices located external of the workflow management device;
a storage device configured to store data for processing the user request; and
processing circuitry configured to process the user request using the data to produce a transformed user request, the transformed user request including information for automatically organizing workflow to process the one or more user-desired product properties to achieve the user-desired product.
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Abstract
Aspects of the invention relate to workflow management devices, workflow management systems, workflow management methods, workflow assignment methods, and data processing methods. In one aspect, a workflow management device includes a communications interface configured to receive a user request having one or more user-desired product properties to achieve a user-desired product. The communications interface is further configured to communicate with one or more devices located external of the workflow management device. The management device also includes a storage device configured to store data for processing the user request, and processing circuitry configured to process the user request using the data to produce a transformed user request. The transformed user request includes information for automatically organizing workflow to process the one or more user-desired product properties to achieve the user-desired product.
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31 Claims
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1. A workflow management device comprising:
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a communications interface configured to receive a user request comprising one or more user-desired product properties to achieve a user-desired product, the interface further configured to communicate with one or more devices located external of the workflow management device;
a storage device configured to store data for processing the user request; and
processing circuitry configured to process the user request using the data to produce a transformed user request, the transformed user request including information for automatically organizing workflow to process the one or more user-desired product properties to achieve the user-desired product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A workflow processing device comprising:
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a stylesheet having defined rules for processing a user request; and
processing circuitry configured to receive the user request, load the defined rules, and execute the defined rules to create a transformed request, and wherein the transformed request comprises instructions to automatically organize workflow to efficiently process the user request. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A workflow management system for managing workflow in a printing system, comprising:
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one or more devices configured to process a user request, the one or more devices communicatively coupled to a communications medium; and
a workflow management device comprising;
a communications interface configured to receive the user request, the interface further configured to communicate with the one or more devices located external of the workflow management device;
a storage device configured to store rules data for processing the user request, the user request comprising one or more user-desired product properties; and
processing circuitry configured to process the request using the rules data and produce a transformed request, the transformed request comprising information for automatically organizing workflow through the system to process the one or more user-desired product properties to produce a user-desired product. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A workflow assignment method comprising:
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receiving a user request, the request having one or more user-desired product properties;
creating a stylesheet having defined rules for processing the user request;
loading the defined rules and the user request into a processing circuitry configured to process the user request; and
executing the defined rules to create a transformed user request, the transformed user request comprising additional information to automatically organize workflow to process the one or more user-desired product properties to produce a user-desired product. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of managing workflow in a printing system, comprising:
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receiving a user request having one or more user-desired product properties in a first processor;
generating a document with the one or more user-desired product properties;
defining a set of rules using which the document is processed; and
processing the document using the defined set of rules to create a modified document, the modified document having instructions to organize workflow to perform the one or more user-desired product properties to produce a user-desired product. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A workflow assignment system comprising:
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means for receiving a user request, the request having one or more user-desired product properties;
means for creating a stylesheet having defined rules for processing the user request;
means for loading the defined rules and the user request into a processing means configured to process the user request; and
means for executing the defined rules to create a transformed user request, the transformed user request comprising additional information to organize workflow to perform the one or more user-desired product properties to produce a user-desired product.
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31. An article of manufacture comprising:
processor-usable media embodying programming configured to cause a processing circuitry of a workflow management device to;
receive a user request, the request having one or more user-desired product properties;
create a stylesheet having defined rules for processing the user request;
load the defined rules and the user request into a processing circuitry configured to process the user request; and
execute the defined rules to create a transformed user request, the transformed user request comprising additional information to organize workflow to perform the one or more user-desired product properties to produce a user-desired product.
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