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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2010
Tal Drory, Haifa, IL;
Amir Geva, Yokneam, IL;
Eugene Walach, Haifa, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product are provided for process automation. The method includes: monitoring one or more workstations including monitoring screen contents and user actions at the workstation; and analysing the screen contents and user actions into monitored functional events. The method further includes: providing multiple focal states as defined sequences of functional events with one or more facilitating scripts associated with a focal state, wherein a facilitating script provides one or more automatic actions; and matching a sequence of monitored functional events to a defined sequence of functional events of a focal state. The one or more automatic actions of a facilitating script associated with the matched focal state are then applied.