Natural language processing is used in a method and apparatus for the computer-backed control of business processes and process sequences. The method involves the automatic checking of at least one of the conditions of an activity of the business process using a method of natural language processing....http://www.google.com/patents/US6138088?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6138088 - Method and apparatus for process control by using natural language processing (NLP) technology
