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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Scott Davis, Durham, NC (US);

David Robert Draeger, Rochester, MN (US);

Russell Blake Wright, Bar Harbor, ME (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2013.01); G06F 8/10 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06F 8/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for updating a workflow when a user reaches an impasse in the workflow. A workflow program processes user input at a current node in a workflow comprised of nodes and workflow paths connecting the nodes, and wherein the user provides user input to traverse through at least one workflow path to reach the current node. The workflow program processes user input at the current node to determine whether there is a next node in the workflow for the processed user input. The workflow program transmits information on the current node to an analyzer in response to determining that there is no next node in the workflow. The analyzer processes the information on the current node to determine whether there are modifications to the current node. The analyzer transmits to the workflow program an update including the determined modifications to the current node in response to determining the modification.


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