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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
Shunsuke Akifuji, Wako, JP;
Toshiaki Sakaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoko Seki, Kawasaki, JP;
Masato Tamaki, Zushi, JP;
Atsushi Aoki, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiki Matsuda, Minato-ku, JP;
Osamu Tosaka, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Ishihara, Chigasaki, JP;
Shunsuke Akifuji, Wako, JP;
Toshiaki Sakaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoko Seki, Kawasaki, JP;
Masato Tamaki, Zushi, JP;
Atsushi Aoki, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiki Matsuda, Minato-ku, JP;
Osamu Tosaka, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Ishihara, Chigasaki, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Software Engineering Co, Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
In a workflow system capable of simultaneously executing a plurality of business processes, an exception handling unit extracts an exception condition from a business status definition table and transfers the exception condition to a status watcher, the status watcher refers to data contained in an application data base and, when there is a change meeting a predetermined exception condition, transfers the change to a user retrieval unit, the user retrieval unit refers to a working data base to retrieve a user and gives information to the computer of the related user, whereby, when one of interdependent business processes is discontinued, information that the business process is discontinued is given to the computers executing the other interdependent business processes.