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US 2008/0077465 A1Published application
Rapid Access to Data Oriented Workflows
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBrian C. Schimpf, Edith H. Stern, Robert C. Weir, Barry E. Willner
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Abstract
One or more RFID tags may be read. An electronic document associated with the RFID tag may be identified. One or more attributes associated with the electronic document can be identified. One or more workflows can be determined according to the attribute(s).
Claims35
A method of accessing workflows comprising:
- reading at least one radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag;
- identifying an electronic document associated with the RFID tag;
- identifying at least one attribute associated with the electronic document;
- and
- determining at least one workflow according to the attribute.
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A method of accessing workflows comprising:
- detecting a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags;
- identifying a plurality of electronic documents associated with the plurality of RFID tags;
- obtaining attributes associated with the plurality of electronic documents;
- and
- selecting at least one workflow to be initiated according to the attributes.
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A computer program product for accessing workflows comprising:
- a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
- computer usable program code configured to read at least one radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag;
- computer usable program code configured to identify an electronic document associated with the RFID tag;
- computer usable program code configured to identify at least one attribute associated with the electronic document;
- and
- computer usable program code configured to determine at least one workflow according to the attribute.
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A computer program product for accessing workflows comprising:
- a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
- computer usable program code configured to detect a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags;
- computer usable program code configured to identify a plurality of electronic documents associated with the plurality of RFID tags;
- computer usable program code configured to obtain attributes associated with the plurality of electronic documents;
- and
- computer usable program code configured to select at least one workflow to be initiated according to the attributes.
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A system for accessing workflows comprising:
- a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to detect RFID tags;
- at least one data store comprising a plurality of electronic documents, attributes relating to the plurality of electronic documents, and a plurality of workflows;
- an information processing system coupled to the RFID reader, wherein the information processing system determines identifying information from detected RFID tags;
- and
- a workflow server coupled to the information processing system configured to initiate a selected workflow from the plurality of workflows;
- wherein the information processing system and the workflow server operate cooperatively to identify an electronic document from the identifying information from the RFID tag, identify at least one attribute associated with the electronic document, and select a workflow from the plurality of workflows according to the attribute.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.