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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Amanda E. Chessell, Alton, GB;
Vernon M. Green, Newbury, GB;
Catherine S. Griffin, Romsey, GB;
David J. Vines, Romsey, GB;
Inventors:
Amanda E. Chessell, Alton, GB;
Vernon M. Green, Newbury, GB;
Catherine S. Griffin, Romsey, GB;
David J. Vines, Romsey, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A workflow application is represented by a graph comprising a plurality of components, some of which may be processes. At least two of the processes are interpreted according to different respective sets of rules. The sets of rules are implemented in either a plurality of respective navigation engines or in a single engine implementing multiple sets of rules.