Patent ID: 6032124
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A workflow method in a system delivering electronic documents to a plurality of servers with a transmission line interconnecting said servers, said method comprising:in each of at least a first server and a second server among said plurality of servers, generating at least one business process definition describing data flow among nodes including an entrance node, an exit node, and a shipping route of said electronic documents from said entrance node to said exit node;inside said first server, storing business process connection data which links a first business process definition generated inside the first server to a second business process definition generated inside the second server, and defines a first node exiting said electronic documents and a second node entering said electronic documents, wherein said first node is described in said first business process definition and said second node is described in said second business process definition; andbased on the business process connection data, delivering said electronic documents from said first node to said second node.