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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2010
Eilene Hao Klaka, Redmond, WA (US);
Phillip Allen, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexander Malek, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark Nelson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Philippe-joseph Arida, Redmond, WA (US);
Emil Cicos, Kirkland, WA (US);
Helene Martin, Seattle, WA (US);
Eilene Hao Klaka, Redmond, WA (US);
Phillip Allen, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexander Malek, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark Nelson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Philippe-Joseph Arida, Redmond, WA (US);
Emil Cicos, Kirkland, WA (US);
Helene Martin, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for saving workflow execution state and mapping the execution state to graphical elements overlaid on a graphical drawing representing the workflow generated by a separate application. The graphical drawing may be a flowchart drawing corresponding to one or more paths of the workflow and the graphical elements may provide status information associated with individual steps or groups of steps of the workflow execution.