Patent ID: 8392013
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of automating a business process, the method comprising the following steps: performing a first stage of a two-stage, nested process, said first stage comprising the following steps: performing a second stage of a two-stage, nested process, said second stage comprising the following steps: the method further comprising: automatically generating computer instructions in the form of P-code operators directly from said process icons, rule icons and connections, without any requirement for said user to write or compile any source code; executing, using an executive operator, the P-code operators corresponding with said operation steps and rule operation steps corresponding to the selected process icons and rule icons, and in accordance with said connections, wherein each said operation step and rule operation step can only be executed when data is present at all of its inputs, and cannot be executed when data is absent from any one of its inputs; and periodically scanning said P-code operators to search for P-code operators which have data at all of their inputs, and then executing P-code operators which are found to have data at all of their inputs.