Julia M Walker

US Patent:

58482717, Dec 8, 1998

Filed:

Mar 14, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/213022

Inventors:

David J. Caruso - Concord MA
Robert S. Diebboll - Lincoln MA
Steven Clark Ellis - Weymouth MA
S. Jay Chang - Acton MA
Sandra B. McAllister - Lancaster MA
Heidi S. Quinn - Norfolk MA
Kenneth Dale Arnett - Sudbury MA
Leonard J. Conte - Northboro MA
Chauncey E. Wilson - Wayland MA
Russell M. Lowe - Natick MA
Jonathan H. Eddy - Shrewsbury MA
David M. Anglin - Roswell GA
Vernon J. Adams - Norcross GA
Julia C. Walker - Marietta GA
Kevin P. Kleinfelter - Atlanta GA
Michael T. Nugent - Kennesaw GA

Assignee:

Dun & Bradstreet Software Services, Inc. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06F 15163
G06F 900

US Classification:

395680

Abstract:

A new computerized information flow technology is provided where information in an organization may be logically and automatically routed through a predefined sequence of activities to users who need the information. A user selects an activity from a list of available activities revealed by the computer system of the present invention. Upon the user completing the activity, the computer system selects an event associated with the activity. The event then performs a decision making process to determine which next steps are to be logically selected based upon predefined conditions set in the computer system and the information input by the user. The next steps determine the subsequent user or users responsible for performing a next activity (task) in the predefined sequence of activities. The computer system of the present invention then adds a message, representative of the next activity, to a subsequent user's or users' To Do List. The subsequent user or users may then perform the next activity by accessing the next activity from their To Do List.