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OwnerClemens Pfeifferinventor
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The present invention provides a METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING SOFTWARE AUTOMATICALLY AND WITHOUT USER INTERACTION THE SAME WAY PEOPLE WOULD USE SUCH SOFTWARE. This method and apparatus pertains specifically to a method and system for automating the use of software to ensure that data is entered consistently procedures are performed according to a predefined plan and schedule results are verified automatically inconsistencies are eliminated steps are executed automatic and timely an audit trail is created at each step, modification, and result Until today, only people could make the decision of the application to be selected. With the invention of Digital Employees, we are able to completely automate tasks independent of the application used for execution combining the benefits of manual tasks with batch processing in a single, dynamic, interchangeable model.
A method of apparatus (called “Digital Employees”) for using software, which uses such software automatically and without user interaction the same way people would use such software otherwise.
A method for specifying the tasks to be performed by Digital Employees in an extentable markup language XML style Language (Process Transition Markup Language) to allow them to use the other software appropriately.
A method for a dashboard of real-time information on the performance of Digital Employees.
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