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Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2005
Applicants:

Jonathan Paul Bultmeyer, Dorchester, MA (US);

Stephen R. Carter, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Howard Melman, Newton, MA (US);

Bjarne Rasmussen, Concord, MA (US);

Kasman Ellis Thomas, Wilton, CT (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan Paul Bultmeyer, Dorchester, MA (US);

Stephen R. Carter, Spanish Fork, UT (US);

Howard Melman, Newton, MA (US);

Bjarne Rasmussen, Concord, MA (US);

Kasman Ellis Thomas, Wilton, CT (US);

Assignee:

Novell, Inc., Provo, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Techniques for distributed workflow processing are presented. A first workflow system and a second workflow system process actions of a workflow. The workflow is coordinated through one or more identity services. The identity services also establish trusted and secure communications between the first and second workflow systems.


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