コバヤシ　タカシ   KOBAYASHI Takashi   小林 隆    所属   専修大学  ネットワーク情報学部    職種   教授
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特許番号	US6151583A
取得年月日	2000/11/21
特許出願人	Hitachi Ltd
発明者	Yoshihide Ohmura, Takashi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Sakai, Nobuo Nagai, Shoko Ogoshi
特許名	Workflow management method and apparatus
特許概要	A workflow management method in a workflow system including a workflow server and tables for holding processes includes storing in a table a plurality of definition information sets for individually defining workflows for a plurality of processes included in a job for processing a plurality of works to be circulated, wherein the plurality of definition information sets each have a process ID, a process name, and a user role ID, and at least one of the plurality of definition information set has predetermined data for connecting processing defined by another definition information set in the user role ID, and storing in a table a work management information set created for each of the plurality of works subjected to processing by the job, the work management information set having a process ID, a process name, a user role ID, and a flag representative of whether or not workflow processing corresponding to processing of each work has been terminated.