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Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, Or Cost/price Determination > Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement > Operations Research > Allocating Resources Or Scheduling For An Administrative Function > Staff Scheduling Or Task Assignment Staff Scheduling Or Task AssignmentStaff Scheduling Or Task Assignment patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/23/06 - 20060265271 - Method for forecasting and managing multimedia contacts Multimedia contacts are forecasted, propagated, and managed for each period in a range. The number of contacts received in a period is forecasted using historical methods and is propagated to succeeding periods based on the business goals, such as how quickly a certain contact type is to be handled. After ... 11/23/06 - 20060265270 - Intelligent job matching system and method A job searching and matching system and method is disclosed that gathers job seeker information in the form of job seeker parameters from one or more job seekers, gathers job information in the form of job parameters from prospective employers and/or recruiters, correlates the information with past job seeker behavior, ... 11/23/06 - 20060265269 - Intelligent job matching system and method including negative filtration A job searching and matching system and method is disclosed that gathers job seeker information in the form of job seeker parameters from one or more job seekers, gathers job information in the form of job parameters from prospective employers and/or recruiters, correlates the information with past job seeker behavior, ... 11/23/06 - 20060265268 - Intelligent job matching system and method including preference ranking A job searching and matching system and method is disclosed that gathers job seeker information in the form of job seeker parameters from one or more job seekers, gathers job information in the form of job parameters from prospective employers and/or recruiters, correlates the information with past job seeker behavior, ... 11/23/06 - 20060265267 - Intelligent job matching system and method A job searching and matching system and method is disclosed that gathers job seeker information in the form of job seeker parameters from one or more job seekers, gathers job information in the form of job parameters from prospective employers and/or recruiters, correlates the information with past job seeker behavior, ... 11/23/06 - 20060265266 - Intelligent job matching system and method A job searching and matching system and method is disclosed that gathers job seeker information in the form of job seeker parameters from one or more job seekers, gathers job information in the form of job parameters from prospective employers and/or recruiters, correlates the information with past job seeker behavior, ... 11/16/06 - 20060259344 - Statistical personalized recommendation system A method for recommending items in a domain to users, either individually or in groups, makes user of users' characteristics, their carefully elicited preferences, and a history of their ratings of the items are maintained in a database. Users are assigned to cohorts that are constructed such that significant between-cohort ... 11/16/06 - 20060259343 - System and method for managing channel partner responsibilities A system and method for managing channel partner responsibilities. According to an embodiment, an application receives an assignment of a responsibility to a channel partner or the channel partner's employees and assigns the responsibility thereto. According to another embodiment, an application receives a command by the brand owner to search ... 11/16/06 - 20060259342 - Rule based document distribution to partners An automated lead distribution system for Customer Relation Management (CRM) performs automatic distribution of business leads based upon a set of rules. A comparison is made between parameter data of a business lead and a series of criteria which must be met to satisfy a rule. If the series of ... 11/16/06 - 20060259341 - Mobile network dynamic workflow exception handling system An exception handling system and method are provided for dynamically recovering from a workflow exception occurring in a mobile network communication system. The system has multiple workflows and at least one mission critical item. An attack tree modeling analyses is performed to identify the mission critical item. Another operation includes ... 11/16/06 - 20060259340 - Management hierarchy for enterprise applications and methods and systems for generating reports using same A computer-implemented method of organizing, storing and representing human resource information and organizational responsibilities of an enterprise having a plurality of organizations in a hierarchy may include steps of defining a top node of the hierarchy, defining a top node responsibility that is responsible for the enterprise as a whole ... 11/16/06 - 20060259339 - Enterprise resource planning system and method for managing route transactions A computer-implemented method of managing route transactions in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is provided. The method includes calling a route form from an ERP server. The route form graphically illustrates at least one of a plurality of related tables corresponding to route processes, as well as an approval ... 11/09/06 - 20060253314 - Automated generation of access control policies in cross-organizational workflow A method and system to control an interaction of a plurality of participants in a workflow process. The method classifies the plurality of activities as (1) first activity of the workflow process, (2) first activity of a participant in an on-going workflow process, and (3) interaction activity. A set of ... 11/09/06 - 20060253313 - Process for developing business proposals A method for formulating a business proposal in response to a customer solicitation includes (1) developing a proposal launch package in which is set forth the information needed for the proposal and a framework for obtaining the information; (2) conducting an interactive storyboard review workshop; (3) conducting an interactive offer ... 11/02/06 - 20060247965 - Method of defining and monitoring processes A method and apparatus for defining and monitoring a process of an organization. The method includes the steps of forming a plurality of control templates that define resource use requirements of the organization, identifying at least one control template of the plurality of control templates associated with the process, identifying ... 11/02/06 - 20060247964 - Methods and apparatus for encoding a work item type definition Methods and apparatus are provided for encoding a work item type definition. In one embodiment, a method is provided for encoding the work item type definition as a data object, such as an XML document. The work item type definition may include a specification of workflow associated with the work ... 10/26/06 - 20060241999 - Methods of exposing a sequence of instructions into an object-oriented programming language Embodiments of methods and systems consistent with the invention transform business application operations, rules, and schemas into OOP constructs that represent the operation, rule, or schema, emulate its operation in terms of sequence with other operations, and represent its relationship(s) to the data it operates with and upon in the ... 10/26/06 - 20060241998 - Visualizing multiple time zones in a calendaring and scheduling application A method, system and apparatus for visualizing multiple time zones can include a C&S application, an event schedule managed by the C&S application, and multiple time zone processing logic coupled to the C&S application. The multiple time zone processing logic can determine a time zone for each participant to a ... 10/26/06 - 20060241997 - System and method for integrating workflow processes with a project management system A project management system is integrated with a workflow engine to provide automatic coordination of project tasks and workflow processes. The workflow engine provides support for defining logical expressions that determine a path of execution for the defined workflow tasks. In addition to composition capabilities, the workflow engine may execute ... 10/26/06 - 20060241996 - Method, system and program product for monitoring work items Under the present invention queues are associated with each of a set (e.g., one or more) of work lists of work items to be monitored. Work items that are desired to be monitored are designated by selecting the users assigned thereto. In so selecting, the present invention allows all users ... 10/26/06 - 20060241995 - Task-based interface with underlying extensible framework A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method is for enabling a user to efficiently navigate to a portion of a user interface configured to support performance of a particular task. The method includes receiving from the user an input that includes a description of the particular task. A result set ... 10/19/06 - 20060235739 - Systems and methods for dynamically updating a dispatch plan Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving inputs at a portable computer used by personal typically operating a delivery vehicle providing delivery services, where the inputs potentially impact completion of a pre-established dispatch plan according to certain delivery criteria. The inputs include modifications to the manifest, updates regarding weather or ... 10/19/06 - 20060235738 - Multi-authoring within benefits content system Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for multi-authoring within a benefits content management the system. Relationships are defined between content elements of the benefits content system. A first request is received to change a first content element of the benefits content system. Other content elements of the ... 10/12/06 - 20060229929 - System and method for software development This invention relates to a method and apparatus for developing software. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating the distributed development of software components includes providing a skill rating for software developers, communicating specifications for a software component to a subset of the developers, receiving submissions from the developers, scoring ... 10/12/06 - 20060229928 - System and method of tracking objects being serviced A system of tracking objects through a service process at a service shop comprises a computer network configured to track movement of tagged service objects from physical location to physical location within the service shop. The computer network comprises tag readers with antennae configured to receive transmissions from tags encoded ... 10/12/06 - 20060229927 - Resolution of group membership for resources Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a plurality of resources are grouped into a plurality of groups, wherein one group may be included in another in the plurality of groups, and wherein the plurality of resources and the plurality of groups comprise items. A recursive determination ... 10/12/06 - 20060229926 - Comparing and contrasting models of business The present invention extends to comparing and contrasting models of business. Model processing modules implement formal operators that can be used to manipulate models of business. A compare operator can be used to compare similarly typed models of business. A contrast operator can be used to contrast differ types of ... 10/05/06 - 20060224433 - Device and method for managing event information in wireless terminal A device and method is provided for managing event information in a wireless terminal. The device includes a controller for controlling and sorting at least one event information based on a menu, and providing an identifier corresponding to the menu on a date-by-date basis, and a displaying unit for displaying ... 10/05/06 - 20060224432 - Workflow scheduling system A workflow scheduling system arranged to provide a workflow to a user who has requested work to be implemented comprises means to generate a workflow comprising an a set of actions and a logical dependency between the actions; means to allocate a resource capacity to each action; and means to ... 10/05/06 - 20060224431 - Data processing method, system and computer program A system, method and computer program product are disclosed for data processing in a supply chain management utilizing a central data processing system which integrates a plurality of functionalities for partner and system determination, as well as availability checking. Upon receiving a request which includes a plurality of items from ... 09/21/06 - 20060212336 - Smart, web-based time management software A novel software method of creating and maintaining a schedule of the activities to be performed by agents on behalf of a principal entity at least includes: a) creating a principal profile; b) identifying the principal's agents; c) defining jobs to be performed by the principal's agents, the jobs being ... 09/14/06 - 20060206370 - Smart work-force tool The invention further provides a method for providing workforce management and collaborative support amongst a plurality of entities comprising; aggregating in a comprehensive database a set of data, documentation, instructions and tools for the performance of at least one task, loading the comprehensive database onto at least one computer for ... 09/07/06 - 20060200374 - Automatic scheduling method and apparatus An automated method of scheduling activities between users having on-line calendar information available to a network, comprises: electronically reading respective on-line calendar information across said network, the respective calendar information being of a plurality of users intended for a planned activity, thereby to find times of mutual availability, and electronically ... 09/07/06 - 20060200373 - Facilitating root cause analysis for abnormal behavior of systems in a networked environment To facilitate gathering of information required for root cause analysis associated with the abnormal behavior of an attribute (“problem attribute”), a user can specify causation attributes associated with the problem attribute. When the abnormal behavior is detected for the problem attribute, the causation attributes are automatically polled and stored in ... 08/31/06 - 20060195352 - Method and system for demand pricing of leads A method of demand dependent lead generation includes receiving a question from a consumer and forwarding the question to one or more subscribers. Preferably, the subscribers may review the question(s) from the consumers and individually determine whether to respond to one or more of the received questions. The subscribers are ... 08/24/06 - 20060190317 - Tow claims system for secondary tow and salvage management A method and system for unified secondary management of tow claims and salvage tow data, and specifically for simplifying the workflow of attending insurers, towers, and a manager (operator of an application service provider). The system is implemented in software form and includes an Insurance Company Module for allowing Clients ... 08/24/06 - 20060190316 - Computer based system and method for gathering and processing scientific project data An apparatus and method for automating credit-eligibility determination (such as tax credits) of scientific or research projects are provided. The apparatus includes a general purpose computing device that is operable to determine a set of weightings to be applied to responses that are received for a predefined set of questions. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190315 - Method and system for unused ticket management A method and system for unused ticket management, that identifying travel data related to one of future or past travel data for one or more travelers; identifying one or more unused travel purchase; generating a value for the unused travel purchase, the value corresponding to the one or more travelers, ... 08/24/06 - 20060190314 - Method and system for testing of policies to determine cost savings Method and system for testing policies to determine cost savings, which in one embodiment comprises receiving identities of a set of one or more persons associated within an organization, the one or more person's travel related expenditures are to be governed by at least a first and second policy; from ... 08/17/06 - 20060184413 - System and method to manage resources A system and method for management including steps of defining revenue associated with at least one procedure, monitoring revenue generated by performance of the at least one procedure throughout a plurality of personnel and dynamically assigning at least one of the plurality of personnel based on the monitored revenue. The ... 08/17/06 - 20060184412 - Resource optimization system, method and computer program for business transformation outsourcing with reoptimization on demand Disclosed are a method, a system and a computer program for managing services of human resources. The method comprises the steps of modeling human resources delivery services from a services provider to a client company to determine outputs from inputs and constraints; and constructing an objective function representative of services ... 08/10/06 - 20060178926 - Monitor for reorganizations on the level of organizational units Embodiments consistent with the invention provide a computer-implemented method for monitoring organizational change. The method comprises electronically receiving first input data containing a change request relating to a personnel position within an organization's structure, electronically receiving second input data containing a notification request, wherein the notification request specifies an organizational ... 08/10/06 - 20060178925 - System for docketing litigation events Litigation-docket software may be used by teams of litigation attorneys for entering, maintaining, and viewing information about litigation events. Litigation-docket entries may contain information, such as start and end times and a responsible attorney, about litigation events, such as court hearings, brief-due dates, depositions, and the like. After a litigation-docket ... 08/03/06 - 20060173727 - Production control apparatus and production control method Embodiments of the invention provide a production control apparatus and a method capable of reducing the management load and providing improved convenience. In one embodiment, a control unit assigns an identifier to each unit variation (or each candidate) for each unit to be assembled in a sub-process (or a portion) ... 07/27/06 - 20060167739 - Method and system for operating a personnel workflow tool The invention includes three primary methodical tools. The first tool implements a job recruiting toolkit. The second tool implements a method of generating referrals based upon a virtual community of people who relate to the job description. The third tool implements an enterprise recruitment toolkit. ... 07/27/06 - 20060167738 - System and method for managing workflow A system and method for managing workflow is provided. The system includes one or more computer devices which execute workflow software to assign tasks to medical staff. The workflow software may be configured to assign tasks to persons on the medical staff based on a set of criteria including a ... 07/27/06 - 20060167737 - Publishing activity tasks in a collaborative environment A method, system and apparatus for publishing activity tasks in a collaborative environment can include the step of publishing selected activity tasks for status viewing by other collaborators in the collaborative environment. In one aspect of the invention, the publishing step can include the step of publishing selected activity tasks ... 07/27/06 - 20060167736 - Schedule chart for project management This invention relates to a method of portraying project schedule history in graphical form which facilitates a rapid assessment of the success of a project and its leaders from the standpoint of performance against schedule. More specifically, this invention relates to an “Estimated Time to Completion” chart that is plotted ... 07/20/06 - 20060161469 - Interactive advisory system A method for transmitting individualized real-time work assignments to a plurality of employees located remotely from a broadcast network. An analysis unit compares user profiles, dynamic locations stored in the communicator location database, fixed locations, and job assignments entered into the analysis unit. A data set of at least one ... 07/13/06 - 20060155595 - Method and apparatus of managing supply chain exceptions A method of managing supply chain exceptions includes identifying a root cause of an exception in the supply chain, creating at least one checkpoint related to the identified root cause of the exception, creating resolution alternatives to address the root cause of the exception, adding the checkpoint into an enterprise ... 07/06/06 - 20060149613 - Method and system for generating referrals for job positions based upon virtual communities comprised of members relevant to the job positions The invention includes three primary methodical tools. The first tool implements a job recruiting toolkit. The second tool implements a method of generating referrals based upon a virtual community of people who relate to the job description. The third tool implements an enterprise recruitment toolkit. ... 06/29/06 - 20060143065 - Apparatus and method for automatically managing and performing schedule A method for managing user schedules, which includes inputting data; determining if the input data corresponds to schedule data or request data; extracting a function necessary for executing an action which a user must perform at a specific time for the schedule data or the request data; determining a main ... 06/29/06 - 20060143064 - Method and system for managing events The invention concerns a method (300, 500) and system (100) for managing an event. The method can include the steps of assigning (312) a number of participants (410) to participate in an event, selectively monitoring (314) the participants beginning at a predetermined time and based on the monitoring step, selectively ... 06/22/06 - 20060136280 - Schedule management apparatus, schedule management method and program A context estimation rule is applied to spare time on a user's schedule, and contexts are estimated. On the basis of a task template, an input task is divided into plural subtasks. A task recommendation rule for recommending tasks to do from the relation between contexts and metadata of tasks ... 06/22/06 - 20060136279 - Synchronization of runtime and application state via batching of workflow transactions Workflow management for maintaining consistency of persisted state across communicating components via batching of uncommitted work. A workflow component defines a workflow containing work items to be performed by service provider components. The workflow component assigns the work items to the service provider components, and the service provider components acknowledge ... 05/25/06 - 20060111957 - Dynamic schedule mediation An apparatus and method provides dynamic schedule mediation by scheduling and monitoring appointments between a service provider and customers. The apparatus and method uses a statistical analysis to determine a best appointment time based on at least one of: historical performance patterns, the type of service requested during the appointment, ... 05/18/06 - 20060106663 - Workflow management device A workflow management apparatus includes a circulation destination specification unit 14 for managing a status of circulation of an electronic document registered by a registration unit 12, and for specifying a next person to whom the electronic document is to be circulated for the next time with reference to workflow ... 05/04/06 - 20060095311 - Method, system, and computer software program product for analyzing the efficiency of a complex process A method of analyzing a workload schedule compared to available resources is provided. Projects comprising a process with at least one task are identified. A work time for each task is determined, including a greatest hands-on work time task. An effort equivalence (EE) for each task is determined by normalizing ... 05/04/06 - 20060095310 - Categorizing work in a work system A method for categorizing work including receiving a response to a questionnaire from a person. The questionnaire includes a plurality of scales, with each of the scales corresponding to one of a plurality of work characteristics. Each scale includes one or more questions related to the corresponding work characteristic. Scale ... 04/20/06 - 20060085245 - Team collaboration system with business process management and records management A user-friendly web-based team collaboration solution that provides diverse team members the opportunity to participate in synchronous and asynchronous activities through a teamspace. Using a single platform that integrates team collaboration with business process management, team activities may be implemented through ad-hoc tasks and business process management driven steps to ... 04/13/06 - 20060080158 - Automated attraction and ride maintenance verification system A system for preventative maintenance of a ride or an attraction component at a venue. A validator establishes the identity of the ride or attraction component and a controller monitors the use of the ride or attraction component. The controller also manages the ride or attraction component's availability for patron ... 04/06/06 - 20060074740 - Medical facility employee scheduling method using patient acuity information An acuity level is assigned to each inpatient at a medical facility and an employee scheduling program uses the patient acuity levels to calculate the number of employees that are required to provide care to the patients. A profile is compiled for each employee specifying that person's patient care capability. ... 04/06/06 - 20060074739 - Identifying risks in conflicting duties An audit system includes a set of business processes that describe the operations of an enterprise. The audit system has a registry of incompatible business functions created from a library of business processes. Each pair of incompatible business functions is associated with one or more risks. Each risk can include ... 03/30/06 - 20060069605 - Workflow association in a collaborative application A method for developing and managing workflows is disclosed. The method enables the development of workflows from workflow templates and/or preprogrammed components; associating a workflow with a schedule; modeling a workflow as a plurality of tasks and a plurality of human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction points; and persistently storing the internal ... 03/30/06 - 20060069604 - User interface for providing task management and calendar information An electronic “To-Do” bar is provided in which displayed upcoming tasks, meetings, appointments and the like. The electronic To-Do bar is displayed in a lightweight menu of tasks, meetings and appointments and is displayed persistently in addition to other software functionality or user interfaces displayed on a user's computer display ... 03/30/06 - 20060069603 - Two-dimensional radial user interface for computer software applications An improved user interface is provided for allowing the application of two properties or pieces of metadata to an object with a single user action. A two-dimensional radial menu (user interface) is provided. The radial menu is a generally pie-shaped user interface that is divided into two or more slices ... 03/30/06 - 20060069602 - Method and system for describing consumer electronics using separate task and device descriptions A method of representing user tasks to be performed by one or more of a plurality of electronic devices in a task orchestration system. Each device includes therein a function description specifying a function that the device can perform. The function descriptions are obtained from one or more of the ... 03/23/06 - 20060064339 - Methods and systems for conducting internet marketing experiments A system for conducting experiments over the Internet and related methods are disclosed. The system may be modular and include an experiment design engine to construct an experiment over designated web pages. A distributed experiment control engine may execute the experiment design constructed by the design engine. Desired user behavior ... 03/23/06 - 20060064338 - Resource selection based on skills and availability in a telecommunications system A method is disclosed that enables a user to determine which resources are both skills-qualified and available to perform a specified task, without some of the costs, disadvantages, and limitations of techniques in the prior art. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is based on the recognition that the ... 03/09/06 - 20060053044 - Dynamic scheduling tool for office appointments management Method and system for dynamically scheduling and managing appointments of professional services using artificial intelligence. The appointment schedule can be shifted, updated and rearranged in real time based on a plurality of inputs. ... 03/02/06 - 20060047558 - Method, system, and computer program product for assigning personnel to project tasks A personnel assignment system is connected to a project management system and a personnel management system The project management system retains information on tasks to which personnel have already been assigned as task data. Task data is associated with identification data of the assigned personnel. The identification data, which is ... 03/02/06 - 20060047557 - Techniques for resolving conflicts in scheduling conferences Techniques for scheduling a conference among multiple persons includes receiving a conference request to schedule a particular conference. The conference request includes quorum data and limit data. The quorum data indicates a quorum of persons to conduct the particular conference. The limit data indicates a limit on a property of ... 03/02/06 - 20060047556 - Method and system for staffing Methods and systems of resource planning are described. In one embodiment, a rule set, that defines an authority of a program planner to create at least one project role, is evaluated. A determination of organizational units of users are made, staffing states are modified, and users are disallowed from making ... 03/02/06 - 20060047555 - Method and system for re-authorizing workflow objects A method and system for re-authorizing workflow objects are disclosed. The system includes a system agent that determines if a received workflow object, such as a document which requires approvals, is impacted by changes in an organizational hierarchy. If a particular received workgroup object is so impacted, the system agent ... 02/23/06 - 20060041462 - Method to route jobs For the automatic routing of jobs of different types to persons who will undertake the jobs, means (4) for establishing the type of a job to be routed when a job request arrives, means (6) for storing personal parameters of persons assigned to the types of jobs, means (5) for ... 02/09/06 - 20060031110 - Method and system for assigning human resources to provide services A system for assigning human resources to service tasks. A long term forecasting module enables one or more users simultaneously working on that module to assign tasks that should be fulfilled in the each specific region, based on analysis of past demand and actual service operations. A mid-term planning module ... 02/09/06 - 20060031109 - System and method for staffing temporary medical positions A system and method for staffing temporary medical positions offered by medical service providers to medical professionals. Communications between the medical service providers and medical professionals may be via a temporary medical position staffing system, thereby increasing the rate and times at which the medical service providers and medical professionals ... 02/09/06 - 20060031108 - Method and apparatus for facilitating and tracking personal referrals The present invention facilitates and tracks personal referrals made via electronic networks. In a preferred embodiment, using electronic mail delivered to a participant interface, a central controller provides a Web page through which an individual may enter the electronic-mail addresses of those whom he or she wishes to refer. This ... 02/02/06 - 20060026053 - Goal tender system and method An improved system and method for monitoring the progress performed toward identified key business objectives. First, the objectives are defined and identified as tasks. Then, employees are assigned to each task and the employees are also defined as tasks. Sub key business objectives are assigned to each employee and are ... 01/26/06 - 20060020502 - Method and system for greenhouse gas emissions performance assessment and allocation The present invention provides a system and method for determining equivalency factors for use in comparative performance analysis of industrial facilities by determining a target variable and a plurality of characteristics of the target variable. Each of the plurality of characteristics is ranked according to value. Based on ranking value, ... 01/19/06 - 20060015389 - Method and apparatus for real time monitoring of business services An API framework module is created that enables monitoring of business services and updating the monitoring of business services. The API framework module is used to create a monitoring utility to monitor business services and produce graphic representations of that monitoring. The API framework module is transferred to a business ... 01/19/06 - 20060015388 - Method and apparatus for supporting individualized selection rules for resource allocation The present invention relates to the matching of resources to work entries. In particular, the present invention allows work items to be assigned to a particular resource based on the characteristics of the work item and on the qualifications and preferences of the resource. Furthermore, the present invention does not ... 01/12/06 - 20060010025 - E-mail notification support for workflows An embodiment of the present invention provides a collaboration system and method that includes automatic notifications for tasks as they become active in a workflow. When a first task of the workflow is completed, the computer system receives a notification from a first operator indicating that the first task is ... 12/29/05 - 20050288987 - Vacation planning and approval A method for scheduling and approval of vacation requests providing conflict identification and resolution. When a manager considers a vacation request from an employee, conflict information and scheduling alternatives are presented to facilitate decision making. Information regarding other personnel working with the employee on projects is also presented. The employee ... 12/29/05 - 20050288986 - Delivery system and method for vehicles and the like A product delivery system that moves products from manufacturing plant to destination. Particularly applicable to the delivery of vehicles from vehicle assembly plants to dealerships, the system utilizes a centralized management organization overseeing independent entities in a delivery network, and provides a management team with improved visibility of and improved ... 12/01/05 - 20050267794 - Temporary employment system and method A temporary employment system and method allows for coordination of agreement between potential employers and potential employees for temporary employment assignments through use of networked computer systems such as those found involving the Internet. Reduced manpower requirements for coordination efforts and other factors provide potential for increased hiring efficiencies and ... 12/01/05 - 20050267793 - Method and system for enhanced efficiency in meeting staffing requirements A method and computer program is provided for enhanced efficiency in meeting staffing requirements that includes receiving one or more staffing requirements for employment positions from an employer, preparing one or more candidate lists, preparing credential information for each available employee candidate, and sending the candidate lists and corresponding credential ... 12/01/05 - 20050267792 - Method and system for laboratory management A method for managing the use of one or more laboratories is provided. Each of the laboratories comprises one or more workbenches used by a plurality of users. The method includes receiving one or more requests for use of one of the workbenches and assigning the requested workbenches based on ... 11/24/05 - 20050261950 - Method of scheduling appointment coverage for service professionals A scheduling system and method are provided for communicating to a user a list of potential substitute professionals for covering previously scheduled commitments. The list communicated to the user can be subdivided based upon various factors, including proximity of the substitute professionals. The list can be further subdivided based on ... 11/03/05 - 20050246217 - System and methods of mobile field inspection The present invention comprises a system and methods for managing janitorial, security, lighting, and temporary labor services provided to commercial, industrial, institutional, and retail facilities. The present invention comprises a system and methods for managing facility services though a mobile field inspection system. The mobile field inspection system provides a ... 10/27/05 - 20050240460 - Method to improve cooperation of business entities A method and tool to facilitate synergistic cooperation of business entities. Representatives of each of two (or more) business entities can collaborate and perform (a) identifying a plurality of strengths for a first entity and a second entity; (b) determining a designation designating whether each of the plurality of strengths ... 10/13/05 - 20050228711 - Database driven workflow management system for generating output material based on customer input Disclosed is a workflow management system for creating and delivering output material. A customer record is generated to include fields specifying at least one product, customer preferences, and a selected output method to deliver generated output material on the product specified in the customer record. A job record including a ... 10/13/05 - 20050228710 - Asset scheduling management in media production A method for managing scheduling for media assets in media production. The method comprises: allowing a user to select a list of media assets; determining asset information for the select list of media assets to be provided to the user; providing the determined asset information to the user; and tracking ... 10/13/05 - 20050228709 - Internet-based job placement system for managing proposals for screened and pre-qualified participants The present automated job placement system uses a multi-step process, with advanced screening and pre-qualification of candidates and positions, to match qualified prospective employees with job openings. The system supports two types of participant match processes that involve prospective employers and prospective employees, each acting simultaneously. One match process involves ... 10/13/05 - 20050228708 - Production management system and associated warning process This system is aimed at a production unit for which a schedule of tasks to be accomplished is prepared and stored in a central management device (36). It includes individual electronic devices (12), control stations (22, 24) and a network (10) linking these individual devices (12) and control stations (22, ... 10/06/05 - 20050222891 - Method and system for expansion of recurring calendar events A system and method for expanding recurring calendar events such that the retrieval of recurring calendar appointments is expedited. A recurring appointment is saved as a data structure including a recurrence pattern. When a recurring appointment is saved by a client that has sufficient processing and memory resources to perform ... 10/06/05 - 20050222890 - Instant meeting preparation architecture Architecture that facilitates generation of an event report that is an aggregation of public and private data related to a specific task. Information about the event is automatically compiled, including the recipients, URLs, shares, attachments, and documents, as well as location maps and social relationships. The report can be a ... 10/06/05 - 20050222889 - Method and system for facility management The present invention relates generally to computer systems for performing facility management tasks, and in particular to a method and system for providing improved computerized inspection tools, improved work order management tools, and integration of these tools with computer systems for performing other facility management tasks, including staff management, equipment ... 09/29/05 - 20050216328 - Method and apparatus for planning, monitoring, and illustrating multiple tasks based on user defined criteria and predictive ability Individual employees arc permitted to be individuals and plan their work as individuals. Individuals are only asked to plan their work within a limited tasking horizon. Employees track their progress using verbs that are designed to capture the reasons behind positive and negative predictive ability. Verbs are analyzed and expected ... 09/29/05 - 20050216327 - Authority approval method and system An authority approval method and system. A staff organization diagram is first created. An approval sheet is created according to the staff organization diagram and an approval process, and the approval sheet is given at least one approval layer, governed by an approval manager. Approvable terms of the approval sheet ... 09/29/05 - 20050216326 - Mechanic skill control system A mechanic skill managing system includes a first database storing an average operation time for every kind of check/repair, the average operation time being a time required for an average mechanic with an average skill to complete the check/repair, and a second database storing a skill value indicative of skill ... 09/22/05 - 20050209904 - Program for managing workflow and workflow support system A workflow management device which cooperates with an electronic bulletin board is disclosed. The workflow management device includes a request target designation unit which accepts a designation of a request target of an activity in a workflow and having a function to accept a designation of an electronic bulletin board ... 09/22/05 - 20050209903 - System for assisting user with task involving form, and related apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media The disclosed system, apparatuses, methods, and media prompt a person through a process of identifying and filling out a form(s) required to complete a task. An automated interrogation stage questions the user to determine a change of status that the user desires to effect with the organization. The interrogation stage ... 09/15/05 - 20050203790 - Computerized, rule-based, store-specific retail merchandising Customized plans for product allocation and placement in a retail outlet are automatically generated using simple rule-based instructions. Descriptions of the business rules and information regarding specific stores is input to the automated system to generate customized planograms for any particular store. Implementations of an Artificial Intelligence engine provide an ... 09/08/05 - 20050197883 - System and method for assortment planning A method of and system for classifying retail products and services is disclosed. The method includes determining a grouping of characteristic values in a computerized system, wherein the grouping of characteristic values includes a subset of a plurality of predetermined values for a characteristic. The method also includes associating the ... 09/08/05 - 20050197882 - System and method for assortment planning A system, method and program product are provided for performing assortment definition. The method includes classifying the assortment by a first dimension, receiving information regarding a plurality of stores, and classifying each of the plurality of stores by the first dimension. ... 09/08/05 - 20050197881 - System and method for assortment planning A method for planning an assortment including a store comprises receiving a hierarchical list of articles including a plurality of nodes, and assigning a first node in the hierarchical list to the store to define a first group of articles that are assignable to the assortment. A system and program ... 08/25/05 - 20050187809 - Adaptive process systems and methods for managing business processes A system and associated method which are computer enabled provide automation, management and user decision support of long-running, distributed business processes whose flow is variable and partially determined by user decisions. The system dynamically schedules and assigns tasks in response to current process data and provides context-sensitive support for required ... 08/25/05 - 20050187808 - Integrated destination sales system with asp-hosted member interface An integrated computerized sales system for destination events includes a member user interface (MUI) hosted by an application service provider (ASP) and accessible to a plurality of independent service providers that are members of a convention visitor bureau (CVB) organization. Members periodically log into the MUI to review information on ... 08/25/05 - 20050187807 - Method and computer system for online appearance notification and confirmation A method, system, and computer program product for coordinating court scheduling with subpoena and summons notification processes for any employee of a government organization or citizen. The system preferably uses a standard web interface to receive court dates from various courts within a city and or county (or other government ... 08/25/05 - 20050187806 - Global animation studio A global animation system includes: a pool of reusable characteristics for at least one character or feature; and a pool of available artists, wherein a member of the pool of available artists selects at least one reusable characteristic from the pool of reusable characteristics to create a character or feature. ... 08/18/05 - 20050182672 - Post-termination contact management The present invention is directed to a method for servicing a transaction in a contact center. When a communication associated with a transaction is terminated prematurely, special treatment may be provided to the transaction initiator. The special treatment includes: (a) maintaining, relative to other transactions, the assigned service priority for ... 08/11/05 - 20050177409 - Method and computer system for schedule bidding A method and computer system for assigning one or more schedules to a plurality of entities such as agents or employees. Schedules are posted online and can be viewed by, and bid upon, the entities to be scheduled. Entities preferably enter their individual schedule preferences. Schedules preferably are sorted in ... 07/21/05 - 20050159991 - Job control system and method for controlling job processing To control job processing, in response to a job processing request from a first unit based on control parameters for job processing by at least a second unit, job information is created for a job to be processed by the second unit. The job information is stored in a job ... 07/07/05 - 20050149376 - Component based interface to handle tasks during claim processing A computer program is provided for developing component based software capable of handling insurance-related tasks. The program includes a data component that stores, retrieves and manipulates data utilizing a plurality of functions. Also provided is a client component that includes an adapter component that transmits and receives data to/from the ... 07/07/05 - 20050149375 - Systems and methods for handling and managing workflows Methods and systems are provided for handling and managing workflows in an organization. In accordance with one aspect, such methods and systems may perform a process including assigning roles to persons in the organization, each role comprising one or more responsibilities for each person assigned to a role. The process ... 07/07/05 - 20050149374 - Tow management system The present invention is directed to a software based method and apparatus for managing all aspects of the tracking and dispatch industry, and in particular managing all aspects of a vehicle tow. The present invention allows a tower with a computer connection to use the computer connection to access a ... 06/30/05 - 20050144060 - System and method for setting user-right, and recording medium A system for setting user-right is used to set user rights of a plurality of users. The system comprises an account creating module, a group creating module, a role creating module, a function creating module, and a relationship defining module. The account creating module creates a plurality of user accounts ... 06/30/05 - 20050144059 - Personal intelligent shipment system and method Described is a method and system for providing a user with a personalized shipment system. The user is registered by providing user data which is associated with a unique user identifier. Label data is generated for each of a plurality of labels. Each label includes a unique label identifier in ... 06/23/05 - 20050137930 - Electronic leave-application method and the system thereof A method for electronically processing leave-application and the system thereof are provided. First, an electronic-application form is produced by an applicant, who inputs leave information including leave period, leave purpose, leave type, and the applicant's deputy. Then, the management level to approve the leave-application is determined according to the leave ... 06/23/05 - 20050137929 - Health unit assessment tool The invention is a normalized scoring method and apparatus for the patient care departments of a health care facility having more than one scored patient care department. The scoring method can be used, for example, to direct additional resources to departments that are less well staffed or have fewer available ... 06/23/05 - 20050137928 - Process management monitoring The inventions relate to computer-implemented methods, computer programs, computer program products, computers, and data structures for providing process monitoring functionality. A process object comprising at least one task object is defined. For said task object, at least one activity status is defined and rules within said process object are provided. ... 06/23/05 - 20050137927 - System and method for multi-site workforce deployment A method and system for multi-site workforce deployment. According to one embodiment, a scheduling module receives identification of an employee who is eligible to work at more than one business location of an organization, receives identification of the more than one business location at which the employee is eligible to ... 06/23/05 - 20050137926 - Method and apparatus for dynamic device allocation for managing escalation of on-demand business processes Resource allocation techniques are provided for use in managing escalation of on-demand business processes. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a technique for managing escalation of a business process comprises the following steps/operations. A request is obtained from a business process, the business process having one or more ... 06/16/05 - 20050131750 - Method for tracking the status of a workflow using weblogs Described is a method for tracking the status of a workflow. Each step of the workflow is performed by one or more members of the workflow and each member has at least one workflow role. A weblog is generated to track an instance of the workflow and members are assigned ... 06/09/05 - 20050125278 - Method and apparatus for queue-based automated staff scheduling The invention disclosed herein provides a queue-based scheduling system, which comprises an automated staff scheduling computer program that is highly flexible in enforcing scheduling rules. This flexibility comes from the ability to: (1) Define conditional and unconditional rules; (2) Rank the rules/requests in varying priority as represented by a numeric ... 06/09/05 - 20050125277 - Method and system for collaborative community membership management A method and system for managing membership in a collaborative computing environment community are provided. Identification of a selected a group of end user persons to invite to join the collaborative computing community is received. The selected group is evaluated to identify one or more invitees there from. The one ... 06/09/05 - 20050125276 - System and method for event tracking across plural contact mediums An event tracking system tracks customer interactions to obtain product information that are made across plural contact mediums and displays an intuitive directed graph for analysis of the customer interactions. Each customer interaction is logged at each contact medium with a labeled reference associated with the content of the interaction, ... 06/09/05 - 20050125275 - Method and system for measuring work productivity A productivity measurement method and system in which work item status, exceptions, work item jeopardy and related information are automatically recorded and updated in a database in real-time as tasks are being performed. To-do lists are displayed on the worker's computer so that when the worker selects an item to ... 06/02/05 - 20050119930 - Combined scheduling and management of work orders, such as for utility meter reading and utility servicing events A system and method manages work requests used in reading and servicing gas, electric, or water meters in a utility system. A work request may originate at a utility system and is received at a data collection system. The work request may be generated based on an underlying data structure. ... 06/02/05 - 20050119929 - Method and apparatus for designing and planning of workforce evolution Mathematical means and methods are used within the context of mathematical models of a workforce evolution to address key issues in workforce design and planning. Examples of such mathematical means and methods are (but not limited to) fluid-flow models and diffusion-process models. In each case, these mathematical models characterize the ... 06/02/05 - 20050119928 - Method and apparatus for designing and planning of workforce evolution Mathematical means and methods are used within the context of mathematical models of a workforce evolution to address key issues in workforce design and planning. Examples of such mathematical means and methods are (but not limited to) fluid-flow models and diffusion-process models. In each case, these mathematical models characterize the ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |