Task execution support system
First Claim
1. A task execution support system for supporting the execution of at least one task including a plurality of actions, comprising:
- a server machine which memorizes and manages information concerning said task and action;
at least one client machine which enters, outputs and changes information concerning said task and action; and
a channel which connects said server machine and said client machine,wherein said at least one client machine can access information concerning said task or action from said server machine, said at least one client machine creates an event rule including an event occurrence point condition expressed by a combination of a title of said task or action and a state transition, an event start condition expressed by a combination of states of said task or action at said event occurrence point and an event execution content expressed by a combination of operations in said task or action with reference to information concerning said task or action memorized in said server machine, said server machine receives and memorizes a plurality of event rules from said at least one client machine through said channel and completes the execution of said task by executing said task in accordance with said plurality of event rules, andwherein said at least one client machine is one of a plurality of client machines handled by users, and each of said users creates said event rules by using a client machine with reference to information concerning said task and action memorized in said server machine.
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Abstract
A task management server includes a memory unit for memorizing task information containing constituents indicated by a task property of a supported task, an action entry comprising a task, an event rule and a main task and subtask structure, and each of a plurality of client machines includes a task information display/operation unit which enables each user to operate information during a task is executed. A task execution support system supports the user such that the user can execute a task while determining the contents of action and the procedure of action in accordance with a progress of a task without defining a series of action procedure from the start to end of a task with all sorts of actions in the task listed-up as a network type flow before a task to be supported is started.
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10 Claims
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1. A task execution support system for supporting the execution of at least one task including a plurality of actions, comprising:
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a server machine which memorizes and manages information concerning said task and action; at least one client machine which enters, outputs and changes information concerning said task and action; and a channel which connects said server machine and said client machine, wherein said at least one client machine can access information concerning said task or action from said server machine, said at least one client machine creates an event rule including an event occurrence point condition expressed by a combination of a title of said task or action and a state transition, an event start condition expressed by a combination of states of said task or action at said event occurrence point and an event execution content expressed by a combination of operations in said task or action with reference to information concerning said task or action memorized in said server machine, said server machine receives and memorizes a plurality of event rules from said at least one client machine through said channel and completes the execution of said task by executing said task in accordance with said plurality of event rules, and wherein said at least one client machine is one of a plurality of client machines handled by users, and each of said users creates said event rules by using a client machine with reference to information concerning said task and action memorized in said server machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of supporting the execution of at least one task including a plurality of actions, comprising the steps of:
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accessing, by at least one client machine, information concerning a task or action from a server machine; creating by said at least one client machine, an event rule including an event occurrence point condition expressed by a combination of a title of said task or action and a state transition, an event start condition expressed by a combination of states of said task or action at said event occurrence point, and an event execution content expressed by a combination of operations in said task or action with reference to information concerning said task or action memorized in said server machine; receiving and memorizing, in said server machine, a plurality of event rules from said at least one client machine through a channel; and completing execution of said task, in said server machine, by executing said task in accordance with said plurality of event rules, wherein said at least one client machine is one of a plurality of client machines handled by users, and each of said users creates said event rules by using a client machine with reference to information concerning said task and action memorized in said server machine. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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