Workflow decision management with message logging

• US 20070100884A1
• Filed: 11/01/2005
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Brown, William, Reddington, Francis, Muirhead, Richard
• Application Number:
  US11/264,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20070100884A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for workflow decision management. Embodiments include maintaining a device state history; identifying a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history; identifying a workflow scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern; identifying a workflow in dependence upon the workflow scenario; executing the workflow including sending a message to a device to administer at least one value of an attribute of the device; and logging the message. Logging the message may be carried out by recording in a message log message information describing the message sent to the device.

Claims

1. A method for workflow decision management, the method comprising:

maintaining a device state history;

identifying a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history;

identifying a workflow scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern;

identifying a workflow in dependence upon the workflow scenario;

executing the workflow including sending a message to a device to administer at least one value of an attribute of the device; and

logging the message.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein logging the message further comprises recording in a message log message information describing the message sent to the device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying a message pattern in dependence upon a plurality of messages sent to a device.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein identifying a workflow scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern further comprises identifying a workflow scenario in dependence upon the message pattern.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein executing the workflow further comprises executing the workflow in dependence upon an associated tolerance.

4. The method of clam 3 wherein identifying a message pattern in dependence upon a plurality of messages sent to a device further comprises data mining a message log including message information describing the message sent to the device.

7. A system for workflow decision management, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

maintaining a device state history;

identifying a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history;

identifying a workflow scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern;

identifying a workflow in dependence upon the workflow scenario;

executing the workflow including sending a message to a device to administer at least one value of an attribute of the device; and

logging the message.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of recording in a message log message information describing the message sent to the device.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of executing the workflow in dependence upon an associated tolerance.

9. The system of clam 7 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of identifying a message pattern in dependence upon a plurality of messages sent to a device.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of identifying a workflow scenario in dependence upon the message pattern.

10. The system of clam 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of data mining a message log including message information describing the message sent to the device.

13. A computer program product for workflow decision management the computer program product disposed upon a signal bearing medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for maintaining a device state history;

computer program instructions for identifying a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history;

computer program instructions for identifying a workflow scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern;

computer program instructions for identifying a workflow in dependence upon the workflow scenario;

computer program instructions for executing the workflow including sending a message to a device to administer at least one value of an attribute of the device; and

computer program instructions for logging the message.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions for logging the message further comprise computer program instructions for recording in a message log message information describing the message sent to the device.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions for executing the workflow further comprise computer program instructions for executing the workflow in dependence upon an associated tolerance.

19. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the signal bearing medium comprises a recording medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the signal bearing medium comprises transmission medium.

15. The computer program product of clam 13 further comprising computer program instructions for identifying a message pattern in dependence upon a plurality of messages sent to a device.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein computer program instructions for identifying a workflow scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern further comprise computer program instructions for identifying a workflow scenario in dependence upon the message pattern.

16. The computer program product of clam 15 wherein computer program instructions for identifying a message pattern in dependence upon a plurality of messages sent to a device further comprise computer program instructions for data mining a message log including message information describing the message sent to the device.