Appeal 2007-1403
Application 10/226,966
As best representative of the disclosed and claimed invention,
independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A method in a data processing system for registering with a service,
said method comprising the steps of:
providing a service bureau, said service bureau displaying a graphical
depiction of each of a plurality of services available from said service
bureau;
generating a process definition, said process definition is generated by
a user selecting ones of said plurality of services displayed within said
service bureau in a particular sequence, wherein said plurality of services are
provided by a plurality of processing nodes;
graphically depicting said process definition within said service
bureau;
permitting a graphical selection of any one of said plurality of
processing nodes within said graphical depiction of said process definition;
in response to a receipt of a selection of one of said plurality of
processing nodes, providing, by said one of said plurality of processing
nodes, a registration form; and
receiving, by said one of said plurality of processing nodes,
registration information that is required to receive a service provided by said
one of said plurality of processing nodes through said registration form, said
registration information including user-profile information, wherein said
registration is completed directly with said one of said plurality of
processing nodes through the service bureau.
The following references are relied upon by the Examiner:
Fiszman US 6,115,646 Sep. 5, 2000
Bahar US 7,024, 696 B1 Apr. 4, 2006
(filed Jun. 14, 2000)
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