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Apparatus and method for process monitoring

  • US 8,275,757 B2
  • Filed: 06/14/2005
  • Issued: 09/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for monitoring a plurality of process instances, the method comprising:

  • providing, by a computer, a model object reflecting a workflow common to the process instances, the model object comprising a plurality of nodes with at least some of the nodes being capable of assuming at least active and blocked states;

    receiving, by the computer, events and changing the states of the nodes in corresponding model object instances in accordance with the events received to reflect the status of the process instances; and

    repeatedly determining, by the computer, an “

    at risk”

    state indicator for the model instances, the “

    at risk”

    state indicator when set for a said model instance indicating that the corresponding workflow instance is in a state in which it cannot progress to a normal completion without encountering a node in the blocked state.

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