Patent ID: 7587677

Claim:
A computer-readable recording medium storing a workflow function addition program for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a list of work items on a screen of the computer on a first region within a user interface area of an e-mail program, said e-mail program providing the user interface for a user to send and receive e-mail messages and being stored on the computer; changing a display state of the list of the work items displayed in said displaying a list of work items; and obtaining a form template from a workflow management system after a user selects one of the displayed work items, said workflow management system is configured to manage a process related to a workflow and is external to the computer; and displaying a second region within the user interface area of the e-mail program for processing the one of the work items on the screen of the computer based on the form template obtained from the workflow management system, wherein a user can edit the one of the work items within the second region by entering data into the form template to complete the one of the work items within the e-mail program user interface area without separately starting an application for workflow management.