Patent ID: 8082169
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of specifying a workflow process on a display screen based on a repository of activities, said method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a plurality of head-tail pairs, wherein (b) adding a new activity to the workflow process based on a user action and saving the new activity into the repository; (c) selecting an activity from the repository as a destination activity in a tail based on a user selection using the selector; (d) determining, by a computer, whether the activity selected in (c) is already a source activity of one of the displayed plurality of head-tail pairs that can be reused or whether the activity selected in (c) is not already a source activity and a new head-tail pair must be added; (e) responsive to a determination in (d) that the selected activity is not already a source activity, adding a new head-tail pair to the display, wherein the head of the new pair contains the name of the selected activity and the tail contains a selector for a user to select an activity from the repository as the corresponding destination activity; and (f) responsive to a determination in (d) that the selected activity is already a source activity, reusing an existing head-tail pair on the display.