Patent ID: 7363594
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A business network comprising: a plurality of different systems, each configured to perform at least one task in one or more business processes, wherein each business process includes an ordered series of tasks; a workflow manager that executes and coordinates the ordered series of tasks of the one or more business processes between the plurality of different systems; a plurality of channels, each configured to communicate events of the one or more business processes between at least one of the plurality of different systems and the workflow manager, wherein each of the events persist in one of the plurality of channels for a period of time until the at least one of the plurality of different systems or the workflow manager acts on the event, and wherein each of the events is associated with a transition between states that indicate progress of the ordered series of tasks of the one or more business processes; and an event editor remotely communicating with the workflow manager and configured to retrieve a selected event corresponding with the executing one or more business processes from a selected channel of the plurality of channels for editing by a user, wherein the event editor is outside the process path of the one or more business processes.