Patent ID: 8233180

Claim:
A method for automatically determining a workflow for a print job, comprising the steps of: analyzing a product description associated with said print job to determine a product type for said print job; generating a process network utilizing said product description to produce at least one job synopsis comprising a plurality of hash values for at least one historical print job along with a metadata structure and an information about a plurality of workflow nodes and parameters associated with said at least one historical print job; retaining said at least one job synopsis in a database record; comparing a job synopsis of a new print job to said at least one job synopsis associated with said at least one historical print job retained in said database record; and assigning at least one of said plurality of workflow nodes and parameters associated with said at least one historical print job to said new print job if said job synopsis of said new print job matches said at least one job synopsis of said at least one historical print job within a certain predefined similarity limit.