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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Kirk J. Ocke, Ontario, NY (US);
Rong Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);
Minh B. DO, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dale Ellen Gaucas, Penfield, NY (US);
Michael David Shepherd, Ontario, NY (US);
Kirk J. Ocke, Ontario, NY (US);
Rong Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);
Minh B. Do, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dale Ellen Gaucas, Penfield, NY (US);
Michael David Shepherd, Ontario, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An improved automated planning method and system includes the use of an automated planner for validating a workflow plan with respect to device capabilities. As such, the present invention provides for an improved method and system for implementing and managing workflow plans utilized in printing environments such as, for example, print shops. A plurality of device capability descriptions can be converted into a data indicative of facts and operators for utilizing in a knowledge-based reasoning system. Next, a workflow plan can be converted into properties indicative of a goal state. The goal state and the data indicative of facts and operators can then be utilized in association with a domain-independent or domain-dependent planner to determine if said workflow plan is valid and executable in order to thereby validate said workflow plan.