Patent ID: 7346532
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A workflow system for controlling a business, which includes a plurality of works, based on process definition information which defines correspondence relation of said works, comprising: a bus; a memory connected to said bus and for storing programs; a communication apparatus connected to a network and said bus, said network being connected to a plurality of computers, each configured to implement any of said plurality of works; and a processing apparatus connected to said memory through said bus, and for detecting progress states of works implemented by said plurality of computers through communication with said plurality of computers through said communication apparatus, specifying a stagnated work based on said detected progress states, specifying a work which creates workload on the stagnated work based on the process definition information, specifying a worker or a business application which is assigned to the specified work, and controlling the specified worker or business application to process other work assigned to said specified worker or business application more preferentially than said specified work, wherein the other work is work other than said specified work.