Dynamic Workflow Engine for CRM Action Generation and Sensing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional cloud computing systems, such as CRM tools, lack flexibility and functionality for dynamic sales engagement, leading to inefficiencies and missed opportunities in managing sales outreach and personalizing communications.

Innovation Solution

A dynamic workflow engine that integrates with CRM tools to generate customizable actions based on specific conditions, combining disparate data sources and enabling multi-channel communication, while sensing user activity and providing notifications for action completion.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional cloud computing systems are used for sales management, then basic data storage and access are provided, but flexibility and functionality for dynamic sales engagement are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflexibility and functionality for dynamic sales engagementVSAvoidsales outreach efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically generates and updates workflow items based on real-time condition evaluation. The workflow engine continuously monitors CRM records and automatically creates actionable tasks when predefined conditions are met, enabling the system to adapt to changing sales opportunities and engage customers at optimal moments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback loop by sensing user activity through plugins and continuously evaluating whether workflow conditions are satisfied. This feedback mechanism allows the system to adjust and refine sales engagement strategies based on actual user actions and CRM data changes, improving sales outreach efficiency over time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If manual sales engagement management is used, then simple tracking is possible, but inefficiencies and missed opportunities occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesales outreach efficiencyVSAvoidtime for managing sales outreach
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining workflow conditions and actions in the CRM system. When conditions are met, the workflow engine automatically generates actionable tasks without requiring manual intervention, eliminating delays and ensuring timely customer engagement while reducing the time sales representatives spend on administrative tasks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The workflow engine operates autonomously by automatically sensing CRM record changes, evaluating conditions, and generating workflow items without human intervention. This self-service capability reduces manual management overhead and prevents missed opportunities by continuously monitoring and responding to sales data changes in real-time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If basic CRM functionality is used, then data storage is achieved, but personalized communication and actionable insights are lacking

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized communication capabilityVSAvoidactionable insights for sales engagement
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by customizing workflow conditions and actions for specific CRM records and sales contexts. Each workflow item is tailored to the particular customer interaction scenario, enabling personalized communication strategies that address specific customer needs and sales opportunities rather than applying generic approaches.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The workflow engine acts as an intermediary between raw CRM data and actionable sales insights. It processes and interprets CRM records, evaluates conditions, and translates data into specific actionable tasks that guide sales representatives on how to engage customers personally and effectively, preventing loss of actionable information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250272118A1Dynamic workflow engine for action generation and sensing
Publication Date: 2025.08.28 CLARI INC
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AI summary

A method includes displaying a user interface that includes one or more controls for identifying one or more records of a remote data platform, for generating one or more conditions associated with the one or more records, and for generating an action that is associated with the one or more conditions. Input is received through the user interface that identifies the one or more records and defines the one or more conditions and the action. The method determines a user associated with the action, senses device activity of the user, and senses the one or more records on the remote data platform for satisfaction of the one or more conditions. In response to sensing non-performance of the action and in response to sensing the one or more records on the remote data platform satisfy the one or more conditions, the action is provided to the user.