Abstract: A system and method for automatically generating and controlling workflows that include a number of processes uses a workflow server computer and a client computer coupled to the workflow server by a network. The workflow server computer has an object repository and a rule engine. The client computer has a workflow builder structure and a graphical user interface. The workflow builder structure includes a rule builder by which users can interactively construct rules for a workflow.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 18, 1995
Date of Patent:
June 30, 1998
Assignee:
Network Imaging Corporation
Inventors:
Surajit Chatterjee, Man-Hon Edwin Leong, Scott M. Schneider
Abstract: A data processing system includes client workstations, mass storage devices, input-output peripherals, and a server subsystem. The server subsystem includes a security server that accepts user information from a workstation and grants a security ticket to the workstation in response to the user's authorization level. The server subsystem also includes a volume manager that controls object storage to, and retrieval from, the mass storage subsystem. The volume manager caches objects related to a requested object. A domain server maintains a server map relating server names to physical network addresses, a volume map relating volume names to a corresponding volume manager, and a family map relating volume family names to a corresponding volume manager.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 1996
Date of Patent:
February 17, 1998
Assignee:
Network Imaging Corporation
Inventors:
Philip N. Garfinkle, Sawat Hansirisawat, Michael McDonald, James W. Winter