Linking information making apparatus and recording medium
First Claim
1. A linking information making apparatus comprising:
- a service information obtaining section that obtains, via a network, information relating to respective services of performing a series of processing with respect to document data;
a service display section that displays service symbol information expressing the respective services based on the information relating to the respective services obtained by the service information obtaining section;
a logic information display section that displays logic symbol information expressing logic information that logically links the respective services, the logic information includes at least transition, branch, iteration, and termination of workflow processing; and
a linking information making section that generates a workflow processing information that logically links the respective services by dragging and dropping selected service symbol information selected from among the service symbol information displayed on the service display section and selected logic symbol information selected from among the logic symbol information displayed on the logic information display section to a linking information display section, properties of the selected services symbol information and the selected logic symbol information being displayed on a property display section and set by a user,wherein the service display section, the logic information display section, the linking information display section, and the property display section are displayed on one screen, andwherein the logic symbol information displayed on the logic information display section includes user specified properties which include at least a number of branches to link the respective services and conditions of each branch.
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Abstract
An instruction sheet making section of an instruction sheet editor displays on a GUI icons of services capable of being executed by using a service list sent from a service search server. Further, the instruction sheet making section also displays logic icons of linking processing patterns of the respective services. An instruction sheet making section combines the services provided by one or more service processing sections and makes an instruction sheet, by using service icons and logic icons selected by a user, while referring to and utilizing I/F information sent by the service processing section. Therefore, it is possible to easily combine the services capable of being executed on a network and produce a workflow.
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19 Claims
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1. A linking information making apparatus comprising:
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a service information obtaining section that obtains, via a network, information relating to respective services of performing a series of processing with respect to document data; a service display section that displays service symbol information expressing the respective services based on the information relating to the respective services obtained by the service information obtaining section; a logic information display section that displays logic symbol information expressing logic information that logically links the respective services, the logic information includes at least transition, branch, iteration, and termination of workflow processing; and a linking information making section that generates a workflow processing information that logically links the respective services by dragging and dropping selected service symbol information selected from among the service symbol information displayed on the service display section and selected logic symbol information selected from among the logic symbol information displayed on the logic information display section to a linking information display section, properties of the selected services symbol information and the selected logic symbol information being displayed on a property display section and set by a user, wherein the service display section, the logic information display section, the linking information display section, and the property display section are displayed on one screen, and wherein the logic symbol information displayed on the logic information display section includes user specified properties which include at least a number of branches to link the respective services and conditions of each branch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program, the computer program:
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obtaining, via a network, information that relates to respective services of performing a series of processing with respect to document data; displaying service symbol information that expresses the respective services based on the information that relate to the respective services; displaying logic symbol information that expresses logic information that logically links the respective services, the logic information includes at least transition, branch, iteration, and termination of workflow processing; generating a workflow processing information that logically links the respective services by dragging and dropping service symbol information selected from among the displayed service symbol information expressing the respective services and logic symbol information selected from among the displayed logic symbol information expressing the logic information that logically links the respective services to displayed linking information, and displaying properties of the selected services symbol information and the selected logic symbol information, wherein the following are displayed on one screen; (i) service symbol information; (ii) logic symbol information; and (iii) properties of the selected services symbol information and the selected logic symbol information, wherein the logic symbol information displayed on the logic information display section includes user specified properties which include at least a number of branches to link the respective services and conditions of each branch, and wherein the properties of the selected services symbol information and the selected logic symbol information are set by a user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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