Patent №
US 5,301,320
Granted
1994-04-05
Filed 1991
Owner
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
3
kr · planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
07722691
Methods and apparatus for defining, executing, monitoring and controlling the flow of business operations. A designer first defines a workflow by providing a template of business activities that expresses the manner in which these activities relate to one another. The system orchestrates performance of the tasks in accordance with the template; in so doing, it integrates various types of application software, and partitions tasks among various users and computers.
AI classification
Ownership
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
assignment · 57620448
Assignors
MCATEE, JOHN D., KENNEDY, STEPHEN M., PICCOLOMINI, PAUL J., CERQUA, PAUL J.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.