US 12,353,905 B2
Systems and methods for data collection using workflow forms
Kyle Anthony Aziz, Kitchener (CA); Ryan David Steeves, Kitchener (CA); and Gary Clayton Cowan, Talahassee, FL (US)
Assigned to OPEN TEXT SA ULC, Halifax (CA)
Filed by Open Text SA ULC, Halifax (CA)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/390,213.
Application 18/390,213 is a continuation of application No. 17/570,118, filed on Jan. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,900,147.
Application 17/570,118 is a continuation of application No. 16/395,762, filed on Apr. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,249,795, issued on Dec. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0118917 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 9/468 (2013.01) [G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for enabling use of workflows in a multitenant environment, the method comprising:
storing plurality of content objects in a data repository of the multitenant content sharing system;
configuring, by each of one or more tenants, a set of tenant access rules for content objects owned by the tenant, the tenant access rules authorizing a first user to access a content object;
enabling, by the multitenant content sharing system, the first user for:
initiating a workflow instance that includes a form associated with the content object, wherein the form defines one or more form fields through which corresponding data of the content object are accessible, and
assigning a second user to a task in the workflow instance, wherein the task is associated with the form, wherein prior to assigning the task to the second user, the second user is not explicitly authorized to access the content object by the tenant access rules for the content object;
automatically authorizing, by the multitenant content sharing system in response to the first user assigning the second user to the task, the second user to modify the content object with data entered in the form fields according to the task, and
adding data entered in the form fields by the second user to the content object.