System and method for accessing business process instances through mobile devices

A computer-implemented method for accessing business process instances from an associated mobile device by an associated participant wherein the associated mobile device is connected via a wireless protocol, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• instantiating on an execution engine a business process instance from a business process definition by executing a plurality of tasks defined by the business process definition;
• and
• providing a mobile work portal configured to allow accessing to the business process instance from the associated mobile device, wherein the mobile work portal comprises a filter determining whether a pending task of the business process instance is capable of completion using the associated mobile device based on task metadata associated with the pending task,
• wherein the task metadata comprises rendering requirements for displaying the pending task and the filter determines whether the pending task is capable of completion on the associated mobile device based on the rendering requirements and an interface of the associated mobile device,
• wherein, when the pending task is not capable of completion using the associated mobile device based on the rendering requirements, the filter determines whether an alternative display for the pending task is available having rendering requirements such that the pending task is capable of completion using the associated mobile device,
• wherein the mobile work portal is configured to render task information that allows completion of the pending task and permits the associated participant using the associated mobile device to interact with the rendered task information and access the execution engine to complete the pending task determined by the filter to be capable of completion using the associated mobile device.

A non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions stored thereon for supporting accessing business process instances from an associated mobile device by an associated participant wherein the associated mobile device is connected via a wireless protocol, which instructions, when executed by an associated computer, cause the associated computer to perform a method comprising:

• instantiating on an execution engine a business process instance from a business process definition by executing a plurality of tasks defined by the business process definition;
• and
• providing a mobile work portal configured to allow accessing the business process instance from the associated mobile device, wherein the mobile work portal comprises a filter determining whether a pending task of the business process instance is capable of completion using the associated mobile device based on task metadata associated with the pending task,
• wherein the task metadata comprises rendering requirements for displaying the pending task,
• wherein the filter determines whether the pending task is capable of completion on the associated mobile device based on the rendering requirements and an interface of the associated mobile device,
• wherein, when the pending task is not capable of completion using the associated mobile device based on the rendering requirements, the filter determines whether an alternative display for the pending task is available having rendering requirements such that the pending task is capable of completion using the associated mobile device,
• wherein the mobile work portal is configured to render task information that allows completion of the pending task and permits the associated participant using the associated mobile device to interact with the rendered task information and access the execution engine to complete the pending task determined by the filter to be capable of completion using the associated mobile device.