WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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Abstract
A network clearinghouse may be provided that brings together organizations (subjects) requiring outsourcing of a service and service providers (operators). The clearinghouse manages the bidding and awarding of contracts, by collecting and authorizing requests for proposals (RFPs), sending bid invitations to operators that meet the requirements of the subject, sending a notification that the contract has been awarded, and collecting payment from the subject and paying the operator.
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61 Claims
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43. A method for providing a workflow management system, said method comprising:
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maintaining a database configured to store translation segments, said translation segments identifying target language phrases in a target language that corresponds to source language phrases in a source language; identifying translators connected to said network using a translator identity for each of a plurality of different translators; storing translation segments submitted by a plurality of different translators; storing information identifying a translator that has submitted a translation segment of the submitted translation segments, by storing the translation segment in association with the translator identity of the translator that has submitted the translation segment; identifying translation segments for inclusion in at least partially translated content; delivering as part of a translation task said at least partially translated content electronically, said at least partially translated content including segments translated into said target language; and tracking the translator identity associated with a translation segment when the translation segment is selected for use in said at least partially translated content. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for carrying out a method for the fulfillment of a translation task over a network, using a workflow management system accessible by an operator using a computer, connected via an Internet connection, the workflow management system including a database configured to store translation segments, said translation segments identifying target language phrases in a target language that correspond to source language phrases in a source language, the workflow management system identifying translators using a translator identity for each of a plurality of different translators, storing translation segments submitted by a plurality of different translators, and storing information identifying a translator that has submitted a translation segment, by storing the translation segment in association with the translator identity of the translator that has submitted the translation segment, the computer executable instructions comprising:
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a registration module for registering an operator with the workflow management system, via the Internet connection; and a tracking module for tracking a translator identity for identifying the operator as the translator of one or more translation segments, via the Internet connection, wherein the tracking module receives an indication that one or more translation segments have been used by the workflow management system to provide translated content, the indication including reference to the translator identity associated with the translation segment used in the translated content.
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Specification