Workflow in a paperless office

Details Workflow in a paperless office Workflow in a paperless office

2006-01-10

2006-01-10

Etienne, Ario (Department: 2157)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

C709S224000, C709S238000, C718S100000

Reexamination Certificate

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06985938

ABSTRACT:
A workflow system for a paperless office, an information processing apparatus, a method for simply defining a complicated workflow, for example, a workflow such as a circulation among a plurality of departments where the circulation route varies in each department, and a storage medium. A workflow system comprises: a manipulating computer terminal for executing a workflow between persons in charge, a computer terminal for designing the workflow by designating project variables for multiplexing a plurality of paths for nodes, each indicating a unit of operation to be handled; and a workflow server for managing the designed workflow and accessing the manipulating computer terminals in accordance with activities that indicate operations assigned to the nodes.

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