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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2007
Janeen E. Jahn, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kyle P. Manning, Lafayette, CO (US);
Dwight R. Palmer, Longmont, CO (US);
Marquis G. Waller, Louisville, CO (US);
Janeen E. Jahn, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kyle P. Manning, Lafayette, CO (US);
Dwight R. Palmer, Longmont, CO (US);
Marquis G. Waller, Louisville, CO (US);
Ricoh Production Print Solutions, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for improved workflow management for a related group of jobs. A group of related jobs are received from a job source and are processed independently and in accordance with an associated job type for each job. The jobs may be processed and reprocessed independent of all other jobs in the group and may be processed substantially concurrently or in parallel. A group workflow manager assures synchronization of the jobs to generate the expected order in the output. The synchronization is defined by synchronization actions processed as part of the workflow processing. The synchronization actions may be defined in the job type of each job, or in a group job type, or defined by user interaction.