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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
May. 29, 1997
George Buzsaki, Fremont, CA (US);
Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for executing a workflow that requires input from a role is disclosed. A workflow is executed in a first process until an operation requiring input from a role is detected. Continuation information is stored indicating the workflow operation requiring input from the role. The request for input from the role is then communicated to a computer-user identified with the role. Later, after receiving input from the computer user, execution of the workflow is resumed in a second process based on the continuation information, starting at the operation that required input from the role. The operation that required input from the role is executed based on the response received from the computer-user identified with the role.