Patent ID: 7434226
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring a workflow for an object, the method comprising: receiving workflow information on at least one mobile device operated by a recipient of an object, wherein the workflow information associates the object with the at least one mobile device and includes sender-generated metadata identifying the object and identifying a sender of the object; detecting the object using the at least one mobile device by receiving information identifying the object and comparing the received information identifying the object with the sender-generated metadata identifying the object, wherein the object is not received on the at least one mobile device; and sending from the at least one mobile device user-generated metadata associated with the object to a workflow service responsive to determining the received information identifying the object matches the sender-generated metadata identifying the object, wherein the user-generated metadata includes a notification for the sender of the object that the object has been received.