Workflow management apparatus and method
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1. A workflow management apparatus for managing one or more document-related workflows, wherein the document-related workflows are managed by an object-oriented model, the object-oriented model including:
- a process instance class defining one of the document-related workflows;
an activity instance class defining one of steps of the document-related workflows; and
a form instance class defining one of user interfaces employed in executing the steps of the document-related workflows.
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Abstract
A workflow management apparatus for managing one or more document-related workflows is disclosed. In the workflow management apparatus, the document-related workflows are managed by an object-oriented model that includes a process instance class defining one of the document-related workflows, an activity instance class defining one of steps of the document-related workflows, and a form instance class defining one of user interfaces employed in executing the steps of the document-related workflows.
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23 Claims
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1. A workflow management apparatus for managing one or more document-related workflows, wherein the document-related workflows are managed by an object-oriented model,
the object-oriented model including: -
a process instance class defining one of the document-related workflows;
an activity instance class defining one of steps of the document-related workflows; and
a form instance class defining one of user interfaces employed in executing the steps of the document-related workflows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of managing one or more document-related workflows, comprising the steps of:
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(a) selecting a template of a user interface in response to a request from a terminal of a participant in the document-related workflows, the user interface being employed when the participant executes one of steps of the document-related workflows; and
(b) transmitting the template of the user interface selected in said step (a) to the terminal of the participant. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of managing one or more document-related workflows, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) selecting a template of a user interface in response to a request from a terminal of a participant in the document-related workflows, the user interface being employed when the participant executes one of steps of the document-related workflows; and
(b) transmitting the template of the user interface selected in said step (a) to the terminal of the participant.
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