Workflow support system and method of the same
First Claim
1. A system for supporting a workflow operation in a distributed system having a plurality of local systems, at least one local system of the plurality of local systems including:
- task control information storage means for storing task control information, wherein the task control information includes at least a task table and a process table; and
transfer means for transferring the task control information between the at least one local system and other local systems of the plurality of local systems, wherein the task table includes first task information identifying each task assigned to the at least one local system and the process table includes information identifying relationships between the first task information and second task information corresponding to related tasks assigned to at least one of the other local systems of the plurality of local systems.
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Abstract
The invention provides a workflow support system and a method of the same that enables to refer to and to trace the history and progress state of the control information, as to a workflow transferring into a different system and an atypical task. The data base contains a task control information for executing a workflow, and the conversion unit converts a task information into a task sheet being an electronic document, which is stored in the document data base or the open document server. The task control information contains a relation between the tasks and a pointer indicating a storage location of a task sheet corresponding to the task, and the pointer is contained also in the task sheet. The task sheets are linked by this pointer. Tracing this pointer makes it possible to refer to the task sheets of the tasks involved, to grasp the progress state, and further to trace the task sheets involved.
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32 Claims
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1. A system for supporting a workflow operation in a distributed system having a plurality of local systems, at least one local system of the plurality of local systems including:
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task control information storage means for storing task control information, wherein the task control information includes at least a task table and a process table; and transfer means for transferring the task control information between the at least one local system and other local systems of the plurality of local systems, wherein the task table includes first task information identifying each task assigned to the at least one local system and the process table includes information identifying relationships between the first task information and second task information corresponding to related tasks assigned to at least one of the other local systems of the plurality of local systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A workflow support method for supporting a workflow operation in a distributed system network having a plurality of local systems, the method comprising:
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storing task control information in a task control information storage device, wherein the task control information includes at least a task table and a process table; and transferring the task control information between the local systems, wherein the task table includes first task information identifying each task assigned to one local system of the plurality of local systems and the process table includes information identifying relationships between the first task information and second task information corresponding to related tasks assigned to at least one other local system of the plurality of local systems. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for supporting a workflow operation comprising:
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a task control information database that stores task control information, wherein the task control information includes at least a task table and a process table; and a network, comprised of at least two local systems, through which the task control information is transferred between a first local system and other local systems of the network, wherein the task table includes first task information identifying each task assigned to the first local system and the process table includes information identifying relationships between the first task information and second task information corresponding to related tasks assigned to at least one of the other local systems of the network.
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