Patent ID: 8643874
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for forming a dimensional document, comprising: maintaining a dimensional document production system comprising a processor and a knowledge base, the knowledge base containing production rules for each of a plurality of dimensional documents, wherein the production rules comprise a plurality of jobs and identification of resources required to complete each job; receiving, from a plurality of service providers via a communications network, capability information corresponding to resources that are available to each service provider; associating, by the processor, the capability information with the production rules and storing the associated capability information in the knowledge base; receiving a user selection of a dimensional document to be produced; selecting, by the processor, from the knowledge base, the production rules that will be appropriate for the document to be produced; and accessing, by the processor, the associated capability information to automatically generate at least one workflow for the document to be produced, each workflow including at least a first job and a first one of the service providers who will complete the first job, and at least a second job and a second one of the service providers who will complete the second job.