Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110320230 | USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH THE ABILITY TO VIEW JOB ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION - A graphical user interface (GUI) implemented on a computer for displaying job assignment information associated with a given user. The GUI comprises an information display area for displaying a plurality of entries, each entry of the plurality of entries being associated with a respective job assignment for the given user, each entry further displaying a data element identifying the respective job assignment, wherein at least one entry of the plurality of entries is indicative of a past job assignment. The GUI further comprises a control component operable by the user at the computer to cause the graphical user interface to display additional information regarding a selected job assignment. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320231 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING A USER TO BID ON A WORK ASSIGNMENT - A graphical user interface implemented on a computer for enabling a user to bid on a job assignment. The graphical user interface comprises an information display area for displaying a plurality of entries, each entry of the plurality of entries being indicative of a respective job grouping, each job grouping being associated with at least one job on which the user can bid. The graphical user interface further comprising a control component operable by the user at the computer to cause the graphical user interface to display additional information associated with a selected one of the job groupings. | 12-29-2011 |
20120029962 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING JOB ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION TO A USER - A method for a business organization to assign a job to an employee comprising providing a job assignment database stored on a computer readable medium. The job assignment database storing job data conveying an identification of a job assignment yet to be performed and an identification of an employee that has been assigned the job assignment. The method further comprising executing software encoded on a machine readable storage medium by a CPU in communication with the job assignment database to implement a notification vehicle selection logic for selecting a notification vehicle among a set of notification vehicles to notify the employee of the job assignment and send an electronic notification to the employee of the job assignment over the selected notification vehicle. | 02-02-2012 |
20120089432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH AN EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A JOB ASSIGNMENT - A method for managing the application of penalties to employees of a company. The method comprises executing software encoded on a machine readable storage medium by a CPU to implement a job assignment monitoring function, the job assignment monitoring function monitoring events occurring in the course of a job assignment procedure during which a server arrangement communicates with a remote client over a data network to present an employee at the remote client with a job proposal, detecting among the monitored events a penalty triggering event and in response to the detecting, determining a penalty to be applied to the employee on the basis of the penalty triggering event. The method further comprises recording in an employee record stored in a database, data derived from the determining to register the penalty applied to the employee. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089493 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRE-POPULATING JOB ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSIONS - A method for pre-populating an end of shift submission by an employee of a transportation company. The method comprises executing software encoded on a machine readable storage medium by a CPU at a client associated with the employee to implement a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to supply particulars relating to a work shift for a member of a crew during a particular transportation trip. The GUI including a plurality of information capture fields for displaying particulars of the shift. The method comprises identifying among a plurality of data records, a data record associated with the particular trip, receiving data elements at the client derived from the record associated with the particular trip and pre-populating the information display fields with the respective data elements. Allowing the employee to edit one or more of the pre-populated information display fields. | 04-12-2012 |
20130096972 | USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH THE ABILITY TO VIEW JOB ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION - A graphical user interface (GUI) implemented on a computer for displaying job assignment information associated with a given user. The GUI comprises an information display area for displaying a plurality of entries, each entry of the plurality of entries being associated with a respective job assignment for the given user, each entry further displaying a data element identifying the respective job assignment, wherein at least one entry of the plurality of entries is indicative of a past job assignment. The GUI further comprises a control component operable by the user at the computer to cause the graphical user interface to display additional information regarding a selected job assignment. | 04-18-2013 |
20140095236 | Method and System for Assigning Jobs to Prevent Employee Qualifications From Lapsing - A method for execution by a computing apparatus comprising identifying a job to be assigned to an employee, the job requiring a given job qualification, wherein the given job qualification is associated with at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification and a time-frame during which the at least one requirement should be satisfied. Completion of the job by an employee at least partially completes the at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification. The method further comprises assigning the job to a selected employee from a set of employees, wherein each employee in the set of employees has the given job qualification. The selected employee is selected at least in part on a basis of a probability of the selected employee losing the job qualification relative to other employees in the set of employees. | 04-03-2014 |
20140114714 | USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH THE ABILITY TO VIEW JOB ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION - A graphical user interface (GUI) implemented on a computer for displaying job assignment information associated with a given user. The GUI comprises an information display area for displaying a plurality of entries, each entry of the plurality of entries being associated with a respective job assignment for the given user, each entry further displaying a data element identifying the respective job assignment, wherein at least one entry of the plurality of entries is indicative of a past job assignment. The GUI further comprises a control component operable by the user at the computer to cause the graphical user interface to display additional information regarding a selected job assignment. | 04-24-2014 |