Patent ID: 7917467
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of handling a data set subjected to at least one stage of a collaborative workflow executed in a computer network connecting a plurality of computer network components having network addresses, wherein the collaborative workflow relates to a manipulation of status information associated with the data set and wherein the status information controls the processing of at least one of the data set itself and of an associated data set, the method comprising the steps of: providing a data set having an initial workflow; determining whether the data set satisfies a first set of start conditions, wherein each start condition in the first set of start conditions is associated with one or more stochastic parameters; providing the data set to a random function based on the determination; stochastically determining, by the random function, whether to assign a modified workflow to the data set, wherein the stochastic determination is controlled by the one or more stochastic parameters; and replacing the initial workflow with the modified workflow for the data set based on the stochastic determination.