Apparatus and method for creating and executing graphically depicted communication
First Claim
1. A system for producing a program for creating and maintaining business contacts by executing graphically represented communication processes, said system comprising:
- at least one communication process defined as a set of graphically displayed events and graphically displayed relation indicators extending between events, wherein each event is either a scheduled event or a control event; and
a process manager for executing said program as a series of computer implemented tasks to execute said graphically represented communication process in accordance with the defined events and the path defined by the relation indicators between events.
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Abstract
A process management system is described for creating and executing graphically depicted communication processes. The process management system includes a graphical process editor facilitating the creation of communication processes on a graphical user interface. The graphically depicted communication processes visually represent to a process programmer the relationships between the events comprising the communication process. A process manager executes a set of events comprising both scheduled events and control events corresponding to the graphically displayed events. Furthermore, the process manager may operate in an immediate or real time mode to process the events of the communication process.
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15 Claims
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1. A system for producing a program for creating and maintaining business contacts by executing graphically represented communication processes, said system comprising:
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at least one communication process defined as a set of graphically displayed events and graphically displayed relation indicators extending between events, wherein each event is either a scheduled event or a control event; and a process manager for executing said program as a series of computer implemented tasks to execute said graphically represented communication process in accordance with the defined events and the path defined by the relation indicators between events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for producing a program for scheduling and maintaining business contacts on a computer, said method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a communication process as a set of graphically represented scheduled events and control events upon a graphical user interface; defining relationships between the scheduled events and the control events with graphical relation indicators, wherein the control events direct the execution of the scheduled events; and executing said program as a series of computer implemented tasks to execute. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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