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Method and apparatus for automated procedure initiation in a data processing system including soliciting an evaluation vote from users automatically determined in response to identification of a functional area associated with a document

  • US 5,377,355 A
  • Filed: 08/16/1993
  • Issued: 12/27/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method in a data processing system having a plurality of users enrolled therein for automatically initiating additional procedures with regard to a document stored within said data processing system, said method comprising the steps of:

  • identifying a document stored within said data processing system and a functional area associated with said document;

    automatically soliciting an evaluation vote regarding said document from a selected group of said plurality of users enrolled within said data processing system, said selected group of said plurality of users automatically determined in response to said identification of said functional area associated with said document;

    storing within said data processing system each evaluation vote regarding said document received from said selected group of said plurality of users; and

    thereafter utilizing said data processing system to automatically initiate a selected procedure with regard to said document among a plurality of procedures within said data processing system in response to an assessment of said stored evaluation votes regarding said document from said selected group of said plurality of users.

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