Systems and Methods For Workflow Automation, Adaptation and Integration

• US 20090125362A1
• Filed: 11/07/2008
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Szatny, Michael, Reid, Laurence, Johnson, William Douglas
• Application Number:
  US12/266,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20090125362A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Systems and methods for implementing complex and disparate workflows, wherein a flexible framework (system architecture) is used for workflow automation, adaptation and integration.

Claims

1. A system for optimizing operational scenarios through a workflow, comprising:

an operating system platform, the operating system platform comprising a workflow application;

a remote computing platform, the remote computing platform comprising a technical application for determining new operational scenarios, which is connected to the operating system platform by an application wrapper; and

a system function to optimize the new operational scenarios, the system function being connected to the technical application by an application connector.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system function and the technical application are remotely accessed by one or more work flow participants.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the application connector relates an attribute of the technical application to an attribute of the system function.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the application connector relates at least one of an output of the technical application to an input of the another technical application.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the technical application is connected to the system function within the workflow application.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

another system function to perform at least one analytic on multiple analyses outcomes generated by the technical application on a data set or another technical application for performing at least one analytic on multiple analyses outcomes generated by the technical application on a data set, which is connected to the operating system platform by another application wrapper, the another system function or the another technical application being connected to the technical application or the system function by another application connector.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

another system function to filter and mine data for correlations in the technical application or another technical application for filtering and mining data for correlations in the technical application, which is connected to the operating system platform by another application wrapper, the another system function or the another technical application being connected to the technical application or the system function by another application connector.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a non-linear workflow.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

another system function to update the data set or another technical application for updating the data set, which is connected to the operating system platform by another application wrapper, the another system function or the another technical application being connected to the technical application or the system function by another application connector.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the another application connector relates another attribute of the technical application or another attribute of the system function to an attribute of the another technical application or an attribute of the another system function.

11. A system for optimizing operational scenarios through a workflow, comprising

an operating system platform, the operating system platform comprising a workflow application;

a remote computing platform, the remote computing platform comprising a technical application for determining new operational scenarios, which is connected to the operating system platform by an application wrapper; and

a system function to optimize a petrotechnical data model and test for new operational scenarios, the system function being connected to the technical application by an application connector.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

another system function to filter and mine data for correlations in the technical application or another technical application for filtering and mining data for correlations in the technical application, which is connected to the operating system platform by another application wrapper, the another system function or the another technical application being connected to the technical application or the system function by another application connector.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the workflow is an adaptive periodic workflow.

14. A system for optimizing operational scenarios through a workflow, comprising:

an operating system platform, the operating system platform comprising a workflow application;

a remote computing platform, the remote computing platform comprising a technical application for determining new operational scenarios, which is connected to the operating system platform by an application wrapper; and

a general workflow tool to optimize the new operational scenarios, the general workflow tool being connected to the technical application by an application connector.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the general workflow tool and the technical application are remotely accessed by one or more work flow participants.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the application connector relates an attribute of the technical application to an attribute of the general workflow tool.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the application is connected to the general workflow tool within the workflow application.

18. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

another general workflow tool to perform at least one analytic on multiple analyses outcomes generated by the technical application on a data set or another technical application for performing at least one analytic on multiple analyses outcomes generated by the technical application on a data set, which is connected to the operating system platform by another application wrapper, the another general workflow tool or the another technical application being connected to the technical application or the general workflow tool by another application connector.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the general workflow tool is a calculator, data transfer, or OS command.

20. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

another general workflow tool to filter and mine data for correlations in the technical application or another technical application for filtering and mining data for correlations in the technical application, which is connected to the operating system platform by another application wrapper, the another general workflow tool or the another technical application being connected to the technical application or the general workflow tool by another application connector.