Patent ID: 7805325
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for executing an activity, the method comprising: receiving a notification to execute one of a plurality of activities in a workflow process, defining, by the workflow process, an order of execution for the plurality of activities; establishing, by the workflow process, interdependencies between the plurality of activities; establishing, by the workflow process, which of a plurality of users are to perform each of the plurality of activities in the workflow process; removing by a computer processor the private information from the notification to create a public notification; providing, via a communication network, the public notification to one or more users affected by the activity among the plurality of users; receiving, via the communication network, a request to execute the activity from the one or more users affected by the activity, responsive to providing the public notification; verifying credentials of the request; and providing, via the computer processor and the communication network, the private information to the one or more users affected by the activity after verifying the credentials of the request.