Claims
- 1. An apparatus for determining a forwarding destination in an input electronic document among a plurality of groups in an electronic document workflow system, each group having a pre-defined business process, said apparatus including a plurality of user terminals and a server for controlling the input electronic document forwarding destination, said server comprising:
- document type classifying means which classifies an input electronic document into document types in accordance with contents of said input electronic document;
- means which decides the destination where said input electronic document is to be forwarded on a basis of said document type; and
- means which forwards said input electronic document to the decided destination among said plurality of workflow groups.
- 2. A server for controlling an electronic document forwarding destination, in an electronic document workflow system having a plurality of workflow groups, each group having a pre-defined business process, said server comprising:
- document type classifying means which classifies an input electronic document into document types in accordance with contents of said input electronic document;
- means which decides the destination of where said input electronic document is to be forwarded on a basis of said document type; and
- means which forwards said input electronic document to the decided destination among said plurality of workflow groups.
- 3. In an electronic document workflow system having a plurality of workflow groups each having a pre-defined business process, an electronic document workflow method for controlling an electronic document forwarding destination, using a processor, comprising the steps of:
- (a) classifying an input electronic document into document types in accordance with contents of said input electronic document;
- (b) deciding the destination among said plurality of workflow groups of where the electronic document is to be forwarded on a basis of said input document type; and
- (c) forwarding said input electronic document to the destination decided in step (b).
- 4. An electronic document workflow method for controlling an electronic document forwarding destination among a plurality of workflow groups, each having a pre-defined business process, in an electronic document workflow system, using a processor and provided through a program stored in a computer-readable storage medium, comprising the steps of:
- (a) classifying an input electronic document into document types in accordance with contents of said input electronic document;
- (b) deciding the destination among said plurality of workflow groups of where said input electronic document is to be forwarded on a basis of said input document type; and
- (c) forwarding said input electronic document to the destination decided in step (b).
- 5. In an electronic document workflow system having a plurality of workflow groups each having a pre-defined business process, an electronic document workflow method for controlling an electronic document forwarding destination, using a processor, comprising the steps of:
- (a) when the forwarding destination of an input electronic document is not determinable by a pre-defined business process, classifying the input electronic document into document types in accordance with contents of said input electronic document;
- (b) determining the destination among said plurality of workflow groups of where said input electronic document is to be forwarded on a basis of said document type; and
- (c) forwarding said input electronic document to the destination determined in step (b).
- 6. In an electronic document workflow system having a plurality of workflow groups each having a pre-defined business process, an electronic document workflow method for controlling an electronic document forwarding destination, using a processor, comprising the steps of:
- (a) classifying an input electronic document into document types in accordance with contents of said input electronic document;
- (b) deciding, by at least one candidate, the destination among said plurality of workflow groups of where said input electronic document is to be forwarded on a basis of said document type; and
- (c) multicasting said input electronic document to candidates of destination thus decided on.
- 7. In an electronic document workflow system having a plurality of workflow groups each having a pre-defined business process, an electronic document workflow method for controlling an electronic document forwarding destination, using a processor, comprising the steps of:
- (a) classifying an input electronic document into document types in accordance with contents of said input electronic document;
- (b) deciding the destination among said plurality of workflow groups of where said input electronic document is to be forwarded on a basis of said document type; and
- (c) forwarding said input electronic document to the destination thus decided,
- wherein said input electronic document is forwarded according to step (c) on a basis of a business process definition in which a workflow process of said input electronic document in said destination is pre-defined.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/618,791, filed Mar. 20, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,878,398, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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