Methods and devices for enabling distributed computers to communicate more effectively in an enterprise requiring flexible approval notifications

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program code which, when implemented by a processor, performs computer-implemented method of enabling distributed computers to communicate more effectively in an enterprise that provides flexible approval notifications in an organization, wherein at least one of the distributed computers stores a graph database in which attributes regarding individuals of the organization are stored, the program code comprising:

• program code for receiving, at a server computer in the distributed computers, a request for a task to be performed, wherein the task requires approval by at least a first person in the organization who has authority to approve the request;
• program code for traversing, by the server computer, the graph database, to determine an identity of the first person, wherein traversing is performed based on criteria determined at least partially by information automatically extracted from the request;
• and
• program code for transmitting, automatically by the server computer, the request to a client computer to which the first person has access.

A computer comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium connected to the processor and storing program code which, when implemented by the processor, performs computer-implemented method of enabling distributed computers to communicate more effectively in an enterprise that provides flexible approval notifications in an organization, wherein at least one of the distributed computers stores a graph database in which attributes regarding individuals of the organization are stored, the program code comprising:
• program code for receiving, at a server computer in the distributed computers, a request for a task to be performed, wherein the task requires approval by at least a first person in the organization who has authority to approve the request;
• program code for traversing, by the server computer, the graph database, to determine an identity of the first person, wherein traversing is performed based on criteria determined at least partially by information automatically extracted from the request;
• and
• program code for transmitting, automatically by the server computer, the request to a client computer to which the first person has access.