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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 13, 2004
William Anthony Brown, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard William Muirhead, Tyler, TX (US);
Francis Xavier Reddington, Sarasota, FL (US);
William Anthony Brown, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard William Muirhead, Tyler, TX (US);
Francis Xavier Reddington, Sarasota, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for workflow decision management. Embodiments include maintaining a device state history; identifying a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history; and identifying a derived scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern. The derived scenario has a tolerance. Embodiments also include identifying a workflow in dependence upon the derived scenario and executing the workflow in dependence upon the tolerance.