Patent ID: 6442563
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A workflow system for distributing work items to actors so that the actors may perform an activity within a defined workflow process, the system comprising:a server for interpreting the workflow process and facilitating the scheduling and routing of work items in the system to an actor, wherein each work item has a set of work item contents data; and morphing logic to determine which data is needed by an actor to which a work item has been scheduled and to morph a work item so that the actor receives only the data from the work item contents that the actor needs, wherein the actor is client logic that cooperates with a participant to perform an activity in the defined workflow process, and wherein the client logic includes logic to cooperate with a browser to cause the browser to display an HTML page associated with the activity performed by the client logic, and wherein the client logic includes logic to iterate over the HTML page to learn what data is needed by the HTML page.