Workflow integration system for automatic real time data management

Abstract

The Workflow Integration System uses pre-mapped electronic documents, termed Digital Forms, that are automatically routed within the organization's workflow environment (the “Organizational Domain”) along a defined Domain Path. A Digital Form is originated by a user pursuant to the implementation of a procedure within the organization. Once the Digital Form is retrieved by the user it is automatically populated with data stored within a database. After completing the user supplied new information sections of the Digital Form, the user submits the Digital Form, with the data input by the user along with all associated tracking and authentication information being extracted from the fields in the Digital Form and used to populate a record or data tables in a relational database. A Digital Form can be processed simultaneously by multiple users to thereby speed the execution of a task and associated documents can bind to the Digital Form to enable the compilation in real time of a complete transaction record that is routed electronically through the workflow process. The architecture for the Workflow Integration System thereby processes information in real-time and makes all processed information available to dissimilar data processors.

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