Patent ID: 6430538
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A workflow system having personal subflows, comprising:a workflow definition including one or more activities to be performed by a personal subflow, wherein a participant among a plurality of workflow participants performs the one or more personal subflow activities, and wherein each of the one or more personal subflow activities 1) presents one or more display pages to the participant, 2) accepts participant entered data, and 3) evaluates the participant entered data in accordance with branch expressions associated with each of the one or more personal subflow activities; a server for interpreting the workflow definition and facilitating the scheduling and routing of work items in the system; a client to receive a work item from the server and to display information therefrom to the participant; a decision agent to cooperate with the server in the scheduling of work items by considering work item data and a branch expression associated with a current personal subflow activity.