Systems, methods and user interfaces for document workflow construction
First Claim
1. A user interface for document workflow construction, comprising:
- a toolbar palette from which a toolbar task is selectable for replication as an icon; and
a workflow pane to which the icon may be dragged and dropped at an indicated drop location.
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Abstract
Context sensitive drag-and-drop systems, methods and user interfaces are provided in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) computing environment. Icons representing various tasks may be interactively drag-and-dropped to an adjoining graphically-based workspace in a context-based task-drop location to simply and intuitively construct a graphically-based workflow solution. A collapsible error handling failure branch may be constructed concurrently with the main branch of the workflow process. A loopback path to a higher branch may optionally be constructed for the failure branch. The workflow solution may be applied in a document printing environment for document production, a document copying environment, or an accounting environment, for example, for clear and efficient generation of workflows.
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20 Claims
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1. A user interface for document workflow construction, comprising:
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a toolbar palette from which a toolbar task is selectable for replication as an icon; and
a workflow pane to which the icon may be dragged and dropped at an indicated drop location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for constructing a document workflow using a user interface which includes a toolbar palette from which a toolbar task is selectable for replication as an icon and a workflow pane to which the icon may be dragged and dropped, the method comprising:
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disposing a dropped icon at an indicated drop location; and
establishing a link from another disposed icon to the disposed dropped icon. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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