USER INTERFACE FOR BULK OPERATIONS ON DOCUMENTS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for applying an action to more than one document associated with a workflow, comprising:
- displaying documents within a user interface of a workflow application;
wherein the documents displayed within the user interface are associated with a user who is assigned to perform an action on each of the documents;
determining a selection of documents within the user interface;
determining an action to perform on the selected documents; and
performing the action on the selected documents using the workflow application.
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Abstract
A user interface displays a group of related documents such that bulk operations may be performed on them without requiring the user to individually access each document to perform an action. Properties, such as a status, contributor information, submission date and submission deadline and the like are also displayed with the documents. From this information, a user may decide to open a specific document and/or version of the document for review while bulk approving the other displayed documents. A user may perform an action on all or part of the displayed documents and their versions from the user interface. In this way, the efficiency of the workflow may be increased since the user doesn'"'"'t have to individually access each document to perform the action.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for applying an action to more than one document associated with a workflow, comprising:
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displaying documents within a user interface of a workflow application;
wherein the documents displayed within the user interface are associated with a user who is assigned to perform an action on each of the documents;determining a selection of documents within the user interface; determining an action to perform on the selected documents; and performing the action on the selected documents using the workflow application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for applying an action to more than one document associated with a workflow, comprising:
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displaying documents within a user interface of a workflow application;
wherein the documents displayed within the user interface are associated with a user who is assigned to perform an action on each of the documents;determining when an action is to be performed on a selection of documents within the user interface; and performing the action on the selected documents. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for applying an action to more than one document associated with a workflow, comprising:
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a processor and a computer-readable medium; an operating environment stored on the computer-readable medium and executing on the processor; a display configured to display a bulk operations user interface; and a workflow application operating under the control of the operating environment and operative to; displaying documents within the bulk operations user interface of a workflow application;
wherein the documents displayed within the user interface are associated with a user who is assigned to perform an action on each of the documents and wherein the documents are related to each other within the workflow;determining a selection of documents within the user interface; determining an action to perform on the selected documents; and performing the action on the selected documents using the workflow application. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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