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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Zi Hui Duan, Beijing, CN;
Yu Gong Li, Beijing, CN;
Xin Peng Liu, Beijing, CN;
Yue Wang, Beijing, CN;
Jing Jing Wei, Beijing, CN;
Dian Guo Zou, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A process instances guard system for managing the execution of process instances based on statuses of other process instances in a business process management (BPM) engine is disclosed. The process instances guard system provides a plurality of policies for managing the execution of process instances. When a status change event related to an existing process instance is received, the process instances guard system matches the existing process instance with a policy. After determining that the existing process instance matches the prerequisite condition of a policy, the process instances guard system determines that a plurality of existing process instances match the policy target descriptor of the policy, and executes the action of the policy on the plurality of existing process instances.