Workflow Construction Unit Integrating Chat Image Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing workflow systems do not effectively integrate scanning or posting from chat applications as image data input units, limiting the construction of user-friendly workflows that combine various online services.
Innovation Solution
A workflow system that includes a workflow platform and a chat service, allowing users to construct workflows by integrating scanning or posting from chat applications as image data input units, and executing these workflows through a workflow execution unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If workflow systems assume only printer operations, then printer functionality is well-supported, but integration with online services and chat applications is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The workflow construction unit is designed to support multiple input sources including chat applications, scanning devices, and printer operations through a unified interface. This allows the system to handle diverse data sources (image data from chats, scanned documents, printer outputs) without requiring separate processing paths, thereby improving adaptability while maintaining manageable complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system separates the workflow construction functionality into a distinct workflow construction unit that operates independently from the workflow execution unit. This segmentation allows the construction unit to focus on integrating various online services and chat applications, while the execution unit handles the actual workflow processing, thus resolving the complexity issue while enhancing integration capability.
2Ease of operation
If workflows are constructed without chat service integration, then system simplicity is maintained, but user-friendly workflow construction is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The workflow construction unit acts as an intermediary layer between chat services and the workflow execution system. It provides a user-friendly interface for constructing workflows that incorporates chat service integration, allowing users to easily create workflows that utilize chat application data without exposing the underlying complexity of service integration to end users.
3Productivity
If scanning and chat posting are not included as image data input units, then system complexity is reduced, but workflow automation capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple image data input sources (scanning devices, chat application postings, and printer operations) into a unified workflow construction framework. The workflow construction unit consolidates these diverse input mechanisms into a single interface, enabling comprehensive workflow automation while avoiding the complexity of managing separate configuration systems for each input source.
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AI summary
A workflow system configured to execute a workflow comprising a workflow platform that is a service configured to enable a user to construct a workflow and a chat service that is a service configured to accept input from a user and perform notifications to a user wherein the workflow platform comprises a workflow construction unit configured to construct a workflow in cooperation with the chat service and a workflow execution unit configured to execute a workflow constructed by the workflow construction unit wherein the workflow construction unit is configured to be capable of constructing a workflow using input accepted by the chat service.