US 2007/0168325 A1 · System and method for workflow processing using a portable knowledge format

Abstract

The present invention relates to systems and methods for performing one or more steps of a work process using a work process data structure and a portable knowledge format. The method of the present invention comprises constructing a work process data structure that identifies one or more steps of a work process. The work process data structure is distributed. Content is retrieved from an accessible data structure that includes the content, metadata and an index as indicated by the one or more steps. The content is delivered to the one or more locations identified in the work process data structure.

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Dependent claims

A method for performing one or more steps of a work process, the method comprising:

constructing a work process data structure that identifies one or more steps of a work process;
distributing the work process data structure;
retrieving content from an accessible data structure that includes the content, metadata and an index as indicated by the one or more steps;
and
delivering the content retrieved to locations identified by the one or more steps.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/354,584Filed 14 Feb 2006

Priority

13 Jan 2006

Published

19 Jul 2007

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G06F 16/48
Of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not…
G06F 16/81
Of semi-structured data, e.g. markup language structured data such as SGML, XML or HTML: indexing, e.g. XML tags; Data structures therefor;…
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial

System and method for workflow processing using a portable knowledge format

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System and method for workflow processing using a portable knowledge format

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Abstract

Claims19