Patent ID: 6988105
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for updating a database structure, said method comprising: generating a view of the database structure, said view of the database structure being a table that is not a table of the database structure, said view identifying a plurality of control documents, each control document of the plurality of control documents comprising a list of tasks to be performed by at least one agent assigned to said each control document, said view being organized into columns that include a Type column and a Status column, said entries in the Type column each identifying a unique control document of the plurality of control documents; executing the tasks on the list of tasks comprised by a first control document of the plurality of control document in the Type Column having an Approved status, said executing being performed by the at lest one agent assigned to the first control document, said executing including updating the database structure, said entries in the Status column each being associated with a corresponding entry of a control document identified in the Type column, each entry in the Status column for said associated control document identified in the Type column having a status selected from the group consisting of the Approved status, a Disapproved status, a Draft status, and a Processed status, said Approved status for said associated control document identified in the Type column denoting that said associated control document has been approved for having its tasks carried out, said Disapproved status for said associated control document identified in the Type column denoting that said associated control document cannot have its tasks carried out, said Draft status for said associated control document identified in the Type column denoting that said associated control document has been created but has not yet been approved for having its tasks carried out, said Processed status for said associated control document identified in the Type column denoting that said associated control document has had its tasks carried out.