WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM

Patent №

US 5,301,320

Granted

1994-04-05

Filed 1991

Owner

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

Lab

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

Planning0.99
Knowledge representation0.99
AI hardware0.95
Machine learning0.30
Natural language0.02
Evolutionary computation0.01
Speech0.00
Vision0.00

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.

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