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Business processing system employing a notice board business system database and method of processing the same

  • US 6,275,809 B1
  • Filed: 05/14/1997
  • Issued: 08/14/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A business processing method, said method comprising the steps of:

  • storing in a first memory, a database which holds, through a work flow of a business processing including a sequence of a plurality of task processes, a plurality of data items which are inputted in the course of the business processing through terminal units by persons in charge of said plurality of task processes, said database being a notice board type database open to the persons in charge of said plurality of task processes;

    storing in a second memory a status change rule which defines input conditions of said plurality of data items necessary for each of said plurality of task processes to be allowed to change to another task process;

    accessing said first memory and said second memory by an information processor;

    receiving, in said information processor, a data input request for inputting a data item from a terminal unit to said database;

    updating, by said information processor, in response to said data input request, the corresponding data item in said database; and

    judging, by said information processor, on the basis of said input conditions of said data items in said status change rule, whether or not a change of a current task process to another task process is possible.

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