Patent ID: 6662355
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for constructing a system to implement a particular business process, comprising the steps:identifying one or more pieces of paper used in a business process and containing information, and representing each said piece of paper as an instance of an information container, said information container having a blank type compatible with any information in said business process, all information in said business process being contained in, and being a content of, one or more of said instances; identifying one or more tasks in said business process and providing representations for each, each said task being connected to an instance of an information container by an input from a person in a business domain based on examination by said person of a content of the piece of paper being represented by said instance of said information container, said content determining a business category of said instance of said information container, said task optionally modifying said content and optionally sending said instance of said information container to another task; and defining a path from task to task for each said instance of said typeless information container, said path being a topology determined by said business category, wherein said system is implemented by a technical domain, and wherein said content, said business category and said paths are determinable by a business domain without reference to consequent modification of said system by said technical domain.