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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2005
J Kirk Haselden, Sammamish, WA (US);
James K Howey, Seattle, WA (US);
Sergei Ivanov, Issaquah, WA (US);
J Kirk Haselden, Sammamish, WA (US);
James K Howey, Seattle, WA (US);
Sergei Ivanov, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for designing and executing workflows can be equipped with a means for manipulation of workflow steps by grouping them, such as by placing them in containers. A container can be associated with a database transaction. In some embodiments, a container property can be set to indicate whether the container must participate, may participate, or may not participate in a database transaction. Further, containers may be placed in parent containers, and optionally inherit the transaction property of the parent.