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Story workflow management system and method

  • US 6,557,013 B1
  • Filed: 03/15/2000
  • Issued: 04/29/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A story workflow management system, comprising:

  • a first computer comprising means for storing a plurality of data records, each data record containing information about a particular story including a story submission and a rating of the story, and means for managing the story workflow process from lead generation to publishing the story, the first computer further comprising one or more software modules for managing the one or more steps of the story generation process and wherein the one or more modules comprises a submission module comprising means for receiving a submission for a user, the submission including contact information about the submitter and information about the potential story and a story generation module comprising means for generating a story based on the story submission comprising means for rating a story submission as being publishable and means for managing a story submission rated as publishable in order to produce a publishable story, the managing means comprising means for tracking the one or more steps involved in publishing the story wherein each step is independent of each other step and the steps are completed in any order;

    a submission client connected to the first computer by a communications network, the submission client comprising means for receiving data from the first computer about the story submission process, means for accepting a story submission and means for communicating the story submission to the first computer so that the story submission is stored in the first computer; and

    an editor client connected to the first computer by a communications network, the editor client comprising means for rating each story submission and means for generating a published story in response to the rating of the story submission.

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