Patent ID: 8386288
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A workflow management system for managing workflow within one or more entities comprising: a first drop-box application program executed on a first computing system including: a first input object directory configured to receive an input object electronically outputted from an application program; and a first workflow engine configured to generate and send a workflow package to a second drop-box application program executed on a second computing system, the workflow package including the input object, a plurality of workflow tasks, and a set of predetermined workflow rules defined by a user via the first drop-box application program; wherein at least one workflow task is implemented via the second drop-box application program based on the set of workflow rules and the set of workflow rules are selected from a plurality of predetermined sets of workflow rules by a mode module included in the first workflow engine based on user input.