Patent ID: 7885840
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for flexible workflow management, comprising: an apparatus including a storage medium having code segments stored thereon for execution of a workflow; a process modeling tool operable to create a workflow process model, the process model including a configurable task set that includes a plurality of tasks and a plurality of constraints that define relationships between the plurality of tasks, each constraint of the plurality of constraints corresponding to a constraint type of a plurality of constraint types, wherein the plurality of constraint types includes at least one structural constraint type and at least one containment constraint type; a constraints validation engine operable to: a workflow engine operable to create an open instance by copying the process model, and further operable to activate the configurable task set during execution of the open instance, and to thereby compile and execute an instance template including a selected task subset of the plurality of tasks.