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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2010
David J. Armour, Bellevue, WA (US);
Evan M. Keibler, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sandy R. Wu, Seattle, WA (US);
David J. Armour, Bellevue, WA (US);
Evan M. Keibler, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sandy R. Wu, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A workflow design system provides user interface controls that allow a workflow author to focus on the steps of the workflow before deciding on how to control the flow of the workflow. With the system, an author can change the control flow of a workflow without re-ordering the sequence of steps within the workflow. The workflow design system allows the author to define a sequence of steps and then drag a control block over these steps to capture them within the control block. The author can also later remove the control block without affecting the sequence of steps if his needs change. In addition, the system presents error-handling workflows side-by-side with the main workflow, so that the author can modify the main workflow and notice the effects and any corresponding changes for error handling workflows at the same time.