US 2003/0195647 A1 · Customizing process flows

Abstract

Method and apparatus, including computer program product for customizing a process flow. The product includes instructions to cause a processor to receive a process flow description, receive a first resource description from a first remote system, customize the process flow description to the first resource description, receive a second resource description from a second remote system, and customize the process flow description to the second resource description. The process flow description describes a process flow. The first resource description describes resources deployable by the first remote system and the second resource description describes resources deployable by the second remote system. The product is tangibly stored on machine readable media.

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Dependent claims

A method for customizing a process flow comprising:

receiving a recipe hierarchy describing the process flow, the hierarchy including a higher level having a higher level element and a lower level having a lower level element;
receiving resource information describing resources deployable to perform the process flow;
allocating a resource described by the resource information to the higher level element based on a criterion for performing a higher level activity in the process flow described by the higher level element;
and
determining operating instructions for the resource based on a lower level activity in the process flow described by the lower level element.

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Customizing process flows

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Abstract

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