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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Victoria C. Bellotti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ian E. Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark A. Howard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicolas B. Ducheneaut, Albany, CA (US);
Christine M. Neuwirth, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Richard R. Burton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Victoria C. Bellotti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ian E. Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark A. Howard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicolas B. Ducheneaut, Albany, CA (US);
Christine M. Neuwirth, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Richard R. Burton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for providing emergent and flexible workflow management to a user. The user communicates with other users, using a message-based system having embedded information management resources. The message-based system has a viewer. A message is generated at the message-based system. The message has metadata. The metadata of the message is updated using the embedded information management resources. The metadata include at least one of the group of a deadline, a reminder, a deferral and an obligation. The message is sent to the other users. Some of the metadata of the message are displayed on the viewer of the message-based system. Some of the metadata of the message are tracked at the message-based system.