Patent ID: 6931404
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a workflow, applied to a system for operating a workflow having a terminal device, a network server and at least one service server, for conducting an electronic workflow for an enterprise based on a server/client architecture in a network environment; the method comprising the steps of: (1) inputting keywords to an inquiry form via a user at the terminal device in the use of a browser together with an element of component type provided by the network server so as to conduct a request for inquiring a document; (2) transmitting the inquiry request via the browser to the network server over the network; (3) transmitting the inquiry request via the network server to a document processing center of the network server after receiving the inquiry request, and generating a response corresponding in category to the inquiry request and initiating an associated service server via the document processing center; (4) searching in a service database of the service server for the document to be inquired via a document inquiring program of the document processing center, and transmitting a searched result of the inquired document to the document processing center; (5) transmitting a form containing the searched result of the inquired document via the document processing center to the terminal device over the network; and (6) displaying a form containing the searched result of the inquired document via the browser of the terminal device.