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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2006
Zhong Chen, Acton, MA (US);
Hongqi Jia, Boxborough, MA (US);
Chunsheng Chen, Arlington, MA (US);
Gang Fu, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Zhong Chen, Acton, MA (US);
Hongqi Jia, Boxborough, MA (US);
Chunsheng Chen, Arlington, MA (US);
Gang Fu, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Verizon Services Corp., Ashburn, VA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is an abstraction layer that 'hides' the complexity of underlying workflow engine and provides a unified application programming interface (API) to access underlying workflow functions. The abstraction layer of the present invention serves as a gateway between application flow logic and one or more workflow engines and allows an application to build flow implementation logic once and then be able to run on various workflow engines without significant code changes. The present invention also enables different workflow engines to run concurrently to support one application and without the need for applications to migrate or consolidate to one workflow engine.