Abstract: A process management system is described for creating and executing graphically depicted communication processes. The process management system includes a graphical process editor facilitating the creation of communication processes on a graphical user interface. The graphically depicted communication processes visually represent to a process programmer the relationships between the events comprising the communication process. A process manager executes a set of events comprising both scheduled events and control events corresponding to the graphically displayed events. Furthermore, the process manager may operate in an immediate or real time mode to process the events of the communication process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 7, 1997
Date of Patent:
November 3, 1998
Assignee:
SalesLogix Corporation
Inventors:
William Daniel Kennedy, Peter Andrew Mueller