Workflow method and system therefor

A workflow method in a system delivering electronic documents to a plurality of subsystems connected with a plurality of terminals, a transmission line connected with said subsystem and a plurality of terminals inside a plurality of said subsystems comprising in each of at least two of first and second subsystems the steps of:

• (1) generating at least one business process definition describing the entrance and exit of the shipping route of said electronic documents;
• and the shipping route for the terminals between said entrance and said exit;
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• (2) storing inside said first subsystem the business process connection data to link among the business process definitions inside said first and second subsystems;
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• (3) delivering the electronic documents from said first subsystem to the terminals inside said second subsystem, based on said business process connection data.

A workflow system for delivery of electronic documents to a plurality of terminals comprising;

• (1) a plurality of subsystems connected with a plurality of terminals;
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• (2) a transmission line connected with said subsystem;
• further comprising in each of at least two of first and second subsystems:
• (1) means for generating at least one business process definition describing the terminal serving as an entrance of said electronic document shipping route, the terminal serving as an exit thereof, and the shipping route for the terminals from said entrance terminal and exit terminal;
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• (2) means for storing inside said first subsystem the business process connection data to link among the business process definitions inside said first and second subsystems;
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• (3) a means for delivering the electronic document from said first subsystem to the terminals inside said second subsystem based on said business process connection data.