Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
705700210 | Task assignment | 81 |
20110112881 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER ENGAGEMENT IN TO-DO LIST TASK MANAGEMENT - A system and method for helping users perform and manage actions on their to-do lists tasks by making it fun, rewarding and engaging. The system and method will help users make the task of performing and managing to-do lists tasks fun by providing tools, rewards and incentives for the user, encouraging them in a socially connected way to do the tasks. The present invention further embodies a Recognition Factor for rewarding users who complete tasks in accordance with the Offer Database and Rewards Engine, and further includes a Content Database for associating media to a to-do-list task. | 05-12-2011 |
20110225014 | WEB-BASED METHOD OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure provides an application that can be manipulated by users with varying levels of access to schedule tasks for personnel. The application can be accessed remotely, through a web browser or mobile device. In one embodiment, the application is used by models, and their agents and agencies, to manage their schedules. | 09-15-2011 |
20110307288 | TRANSPORT SCHEDULING FOR LOW MICROBIAL BULK PRODUCTS - Transport scheduling and transport processes for low microbial (“LM”) bulk products are described. The transport scheduling and processes facilitate low microbial activity in a LM bulk product during the transport of the LM bulk product. | 12-15-2011 |
20120004941 | CYCLE PLANNING TOOL WITH EVENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR TERRITORY MANAGEMENT - Electronically creating a schedule plan of events which replicates one or more previously scheduled events. A source date range is acquired into a memory of a machine A set of previously scheduled events within the source date range is identified. A target date range is received through a user interface. At least a portion of the previously scheduled events is assigned to a date within the received target date range to create the schedule plan. The schedule plan is posted to a calendar. Another method creates a schedule plan on the basis of one or more search criteria used for identifying any match from a database. At least a portion of any matches are assigned a time slot within a target date range of a calendar program. | 01-05-2012 |
20120046987 | Mobile Paint Matching Service - A mobile paint matching service employs at least one vehicle to perform on-site color matching. The vehicle is equipped with at least one portable spectrophotometer; a paint analysis system to determine recommended paint formulas; a plurality of spill-resistant containers, including containers holding a paint component (including paint bases and a variety of colorants) and others that are empty; and a paint mixer. A computerized scheduling system is used to schedule the vehicle for arrival at a plurality of job sites. At each job site, the color characteristics of painted surfaces are obtained using the portable spectrophotometer. Preferably, a recommended paint formula is determined using the paint analysis system based at least in part on averaging several different spectrophotometer readings. The paint mixer is used to mix selected paint components according to a specified paint formula. The customer can then purchase the paint to be used on the job directly at the job site after testing it to ensure that it matches. | 02-23-2012 |
20120185292 | MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method in a computer system is provided for managing medical imaging devices quality control information. In particular, a method and corresponding computer devices are described for evaluating stored quality control test plan data for each of the one or more medical imaging devices being managed on an evaluation date. | 07-19-2012 |
20120239451 | CALENDAR BASED TASK AND TIME MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A software solution for managing, sorting and ranking lists of tasks and integrating task and time management, such that tasks can be automatically or manually assigned to specified time blocks. Users can monitor the relationship between volume of tasks and available time in which to complete them. The solution and method can be applied to individual task lists as well as to the management of time across multiple projects and can be employed either by individuals or by collaborative groups. The solution and method employ multiple filters, sorts and handling rules to embody users' personal planning preferences. It can be used to manage task lists both with and without employing a scheduling component. The solution can interoperate with existing computer- and web-based calendar software and can use third-party calendar clients to display its output and to accept input from users. | 09-20-2012 |
20120278120 | CROSS-SCHEDULE DEPENDENCIES USING PROXY TASKS - Product Data Management systems, methods, and mediums. A method includes receiving a first schedule. The first schedule includes at least a first task. The method includes creating a proxy task in a second schedule. The proxy task corresponds to and is a substantial copy of the first task. The method can include creation of a dependency between the proxy task in second schedule and another task in the second schedule. The method includes storing the second schedule. | 11-01-2012 |
20120310696 | PERFORMANCE OBSERVATION, TRACKING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for conducting observations of individual professionals and administering observation results in a professional growth cycle includes an observation software module that generates from a list of learners a listing for a scheduled observation event by an observer. A number of action element options are selectable by the observer. Each action element relates to the observation event. A scheduling module communicates with a calendar module. The scheduling module is programmed for an observer, learner or administrator to enter data and extract data associated with one or more scheduled observation events from the calendar module. An observation criteria module is arranged to generate observation a plurality of observation criteria for guiding the observer in conducting the observation event. The observation criteria includes evaluation levels associated with rules for determining a performance level of the professional. | 12-06-2012 |
20130006691 | Scheduling and payment systems and methods - The present systems and/or methods generally facilitate scheduling and/or payment of a service provider. In one embodiment, the scheduling system is integrated with a payment system and configured for use with childcare providers and childcare requestors (i.e., parents). In this embodiment the providers upload their schedules onto an online database via a website. The parents may then browse the available providers for a specific time and date at which the parents desire childcare services. The parents may select a specific time and date to create a booking request, which the website may then forward to the childcare provider. The childcare provider may accept the booking request, and the parent is notified of same. The parent may be billed for the services through the website and the childcare providers may be paid through the website so that no funds are exchanged directly between parents and childcare providers. | 01-03-2013 |
20130018691 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHODAANM YUMBE; YoshikiAACI KokubunjiAACO JPAAGP YUMBE; Yoshiki Kokubunji JPAANM HASEGAWA; TakashiAACI KokubunjiAACO JPAAGP HASEGAWA; Takashi Kokubunji JP - A management system for creating an inspection schedule of objects to be tested within a plurality of management areas, includes a calculation unit that calculates the costs for inspecting the objects to be tested based on the positional information; and a schedule creation unit that creates a schedule for inspecting the objects to be tested based on calculation results. The calculation unit calculates a first cost required when the objects to be tested within the management areas are inspected at the same timing within a first time limit, and a second cost required when a part of the objects to be tested within the management areas is inspected within the first time limit, individually, and the other objects to be tested within the management areas are inspected at the same timing within a second time limit longer than the first time limit. | 01-17-2013 |
20130024234 | CAPACITY BASED PROCESS JOB LAYOUT DISTRIBUTION - Production flows/processes are presented through a layout distribution of kanban job symbols (cards, representing production tasks/jobs) in a sequence of execution inside several planning periods. A smart layout distribution algorithm displays a schedule consistent of planning periods and kanban job symbols planned in the planning periods. In addition to a variety of color, textual, graphic, and shading schemes, as well as, icons for providing visual information on the tasks/jobs, the algorithm fits the kanban job symbols within the user interface without scroll bars with a resizable control, and maintains kanban job symbol size proportional to capacity consumed, consistent across planning periods even if the planning periods have different total capacity or are overloaded. | 01-24-2013 |
20130060594 | POST MEETING PROCESSING - A meeting system is provided for managing or otherwise facilitating meetings. In an embodiment, the meeting system automatically determines a plurality of meeting options at times during which the meeting may take place. The meeting system ranks the meeting options based on participant availability. In another embodiment, the meeting system receives planning data before the meeting begins. The planning data may include decision items, which identify decision to be made during the meeting, and action items, which identify tasks to be assigned during the meeting. The meeting system automatically presents the decision items and action items to participants during the meeting. In another embodiment, the meeting system receives user input that assigns action items to a particular person. The meeting system updates the schedule of the particular person by adding the action item. | 03-07-2013 |
20130073330 | INTER-APPLICATION OBJECT AND RECORD ACTIONS - Architecture that facilitates support for similar user interface (UI) models and user experience of independent applications. A data mapping component is provided that maps a user record of a business-centric application to a business object of the business-centric application. When employed in combination with another independent application, such as a personal information manager (PIM), a PIM component exposes the business object via a PIM user interface in a personalized way that enables user interaction with the business object to apply PIM actions to the business object. The mapping component can be a join table between the user record and the business object that enables the setting of PIM settings and user interface actions into the business product. Additionally, a communications infrastructure is provided where the PIM client UI communicates to the data-based server system in the business environment and persists PIM-specific settings to the business object. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073331 | UPDATING A CALENDAR OR TASK STATUS VIA TELEPHONY - A new approach to task management via digital calendaring, where non-event task calendar entries are configured with completion status indicators. The status indicators may be managed, modified and otherwise configured according to the preference of an administrator or user to express the status of a task in a meaningful way. | 03-21-2013 |
20130085797 | PROMISE DRIVEN PLANNING IN A SUPPLY CHAIN - Various embodiments of systems and methods for a promise driven planning are described herein. Customer requests are received for a product, which includes the requested quantity of the product and the requested date for delivering the product. A promise date for delivering the product is determined based on the material plan of the product. The requested quantity of the product is summed to obtain a cumulative demand of the product. The cumulative demand of the product is compared with the cumulative material plan of the product. Based on the comparison, the delivery of the product is planned either based on the promise date or the requested date. | 04-04-2013 |
20130090970 | Automated Electronic Telecommunications Order Translation and Processing - Systems and method for processing orders for telecommunications services are disclosed. Generally a telecommunications transaction set of an electronic data interchange standard is received, the telecommunications transaction set corresponding to a telecommunications product or service for a customer. An order for the telecommunications product or service is then generated based on processing of the telecommunications transaction set. | 04-11-2013 |
20130117060 | System for Collaboration and Meeting Management - Computer hardware and software implement a mind mapping system and method for collaboration. Each branch is assigned an identifier by the system, and each child branch is assigned a child identifier. The child identifier includes a reference to the identifier of the branch from which the child branch extends. An external export system may export information to external project management systems. An input system may receive changes to parameters, determining if changes should be made and rejecting changes for lack of permissions. A system may automatically generate a meeting agenda from tasks that may be created during mind mapping incorporating automatic generation of a meeting agenda, automatic optimization of the meeting agenda, automatic conduct of a meeting and automatic generation of a dashboard including information obtained from the system and feedback and switching between viewing projects in a mind map agenda view or a project management view. | 05-09-2013 |
20130325541 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND PROVIDING VEHICLE MAINTENANCE - A method for managing vehicle maintenance information set to utilize information obtained from a vehicle owner and a vehicle service provider to alert and educate the vehicle owner and the vehicle service provider about recommended maintenance scheduling, specific vehicle parts and repair requirements, vehicle diagnosis information, vehicle service history, real-time inventory management, vehicle maintenance costs, and scheduling of vehicle owners for vehicle maintenance at the maintenance facility. The system may coordinate the vehicle's maintenance information with the vehicle service provider and the vehicle owner through the use of various communication technologies and novel methods. | 12-05-2013 |
20130332220 | Service planning tool for wind turbines - A method of scheduling a service of a wind turbine is provided. A projected energy production and/or a projected revenue production of a wind turbine over a specific time period is calculated, and a service for the wind turbine during the specific time period based upon the projected energy production and/or the projected revenue production is scheduled. Further, a non-volatile computer readable medium storing a program code executing the method and a service planning tool for wind turbines are provided. | 12-12-2013 |
20130346135 | Method And System For Servicing A Drop Safe - A method of servicing a drop safe. Actual timing and amounts of deposits made to the drop safe are tracked over a predetermined number of historical days. Based on the tracked deposits, the timing and amounts of deposits to the drop safe are predicted for a predetermined number of future days. An optimal day for a carrier to pickup currency held in the drop safe is estimated from the predetermined number of future days. The optimal pickup day is based on: a) the predicted deposits spanning at least some of the predetermined number of future days; b) a currency holding capacity of said drop safe; c) a currency holding cost; d) a currency-in-transit cost; and e) a drop safe service cost. A pickup is arranged with the carrier on at least the one optimal pickup day. A system, and a computer readable medium carrying computer readable instructions for carrying out the method are also disclosed. | 12-26-2013 |
20140019185 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FACILITATE SCHEDULING OF A SERVICE - A system and a method to receive a price submission in connection with a service at an incremental time block is described. Schedule information is to be received from a service provider. The schedule information indicates at least one incremental time block at which the service provider is available to provide the service. The schedule information is to be published to a service consumer. A price submission in connection with the at least one incremental time block is to be received from the service consumer. | 01-16-2014 |
20140039962 | System and Apparatus for Generating Work Schedules - Disclosed are new approaches for scheduling workers at remote locations. Work assignments may be organized into shifts associated with one or more workers and one or more recipients. Tasks are associated with the shift and have an updatable status. Shifts may be replicated by cutting and pasting or by specifying a recurrence definition. The tasks associated with a shift may then be replicated. The status of tasks may be updated using a voice telephony system. The status of tasks may also be reported from a computer located on the recipient premise. Text and/or voice comments and the task status may be accessible by managers, clients, and concerned parties from a web portal accessible using a computing device, such as a tablet computer. Methods for automatically associating providers with shifts and adding tasks to shifts are also disclosed. | 02-06-2014 |
20140046717 | ORGANIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALENDAR APPLICATIONS - A system for parsing data from a document and populating an electronic calendar, the system including a converting tool adapted to convert a document into a plain text format having plain text data. A parser is provided that is operable to process the plain text data, identify at least a target date and task, and convert the target date and task into an electronic calendar format file adapted to cooperate with an electronic calendar and place the target date and the task into the calendar. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046718 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUEUE CONTROL - System comprising a queue control unit ( | 02-13-2014 |
20140081697 | PLANNING AND SCHEDULING TOOL ASSISTANT - Schedulers, Planners, and Maintenance Supervisors in an Industrial facility can use the user interface of the present invention to extremely quickly move work order schedules, status planning, and manage resources. Additionally, key performance indicators or metrics on performance on how well the organization is doing is also cumbersome if not impossible in the current practice in these industrial organizations. The variables of this management include worker, crew, Work Order, Dates, Planning Status, planner, dates, etc. (see tech manual and summary sheets). The invention operates by interfacing with the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) database in a thoroughly interactive process. The local program constructs a parallel database and reads and feedbacks to the CMMS database frequently to stay current and accurate. | 03-20-2014 |
20140089029 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING MAINTENANCE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for optimizing the cost of scheduling maintenance of a distributed energy generator. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining information, from a controller, related to impaired operation of at least one component in a distributed energy generator, wherein the distributed energy generator comprises a plurality of components; calculating a cost to restore non-impaired operation of the distributed energy generator; calculating a cost of lost power due to the impaired operation of the distributed energy generator; and determining an optimal time to schedule maintenance of the distributed energy generator based on the calculated cost to restore non-impaired operation and the calculated cost of lost power. | 03-27-2014 |
20140095242 | Method for automatically allocating tasks to users within a workflow management system - A computer-assisted method for automatically assigning work tasks in a workflow management system includes providing at least one first directed graph and at least one second directed graph assigning, with respect to a user, an authorization category to at least one object in the first graph and to at least one object in the second graph in order to respectively obtain at least one assigned object forming the Cartesian product of the first and the second graph to obtain a product graph, identifying the product object of the product graph resulting from the assigned object of the first graph and the assigned object of the second graph and identifying sub-objects of the product object, to which the second authorization category also applies, if applicable, assigning the user to the identified product object and the identified sub-objects of the product graph, obtaining a responsibility request with respect to a requested object of the product graph, determining the user assigned to the requested object, and assigning the request to the user. | 04-03-2014 |
20140114717 | Task Schedule Modification - Technology is described for modifying a task frequency. The method may include setting a task price for a task based on task details and statistical price data. The task frequency of the task can be modified. Another operation can be computing a pro-rata value created due to modifying the task frequency. The pro-rata value can be divided between a service provider and a customer to provide a monetary benefit to either the service provider or to the customer using the processor. | 04-24-2014 |
20140122155 | WORKFORCE SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for determining workforce scheduling provides historical delivery time data measured from an order date and time of a current product order for prior product deliveries, where the historical delivery time data is weighted, averaged and smoothed to derive an average delivery time which is added to the order date and time of the current order to yield an estimated delivery arrival date and time for the current product order. Employees are then scheduled to work in accordance with the estimated delivery arrival date and time of the current product order. | 05-01-2014 |
20140136267 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PRESENCE OF AND AUTHORIZING A QUORUM TO TRANSACT BUSINESS OVER A NETWORK - A system for determining presence of and authorizing a quorum to transact business over a network includes a first set of machine-readable instructions resident on a digital medium accessible to a computing machine, the instructions causing the machine to monitor a network for active presence of individual ones of communications devices associated with members of an authorized team of individuals from which the quorum may be determined, a second set of machine-readable instructions resident on the medium for causing the computing machine to make a confirmation of the quorum against a set of rules, and to authorize one or more of the individual communications devices making up the quorum to perform one or more tasks based on quorum consensus, and a user configuration, scheduling, and notification application resident on the digital medium for enabling a user to configure, schedule, and notify team members of a pending quorum event. | 05-15-2014 |
20140149167 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CONFIGURABLE AND EXTENSIBLE ALLOCATION AND SCHEDULING TOOL - A system provides a GUI allocation and scheduling tool that enables a user to configure and apply Schedule Flows that include scheduling logic statements, filters, matching functions, scheduling engines and Objective Functions to appropriately assign a plurality of jobs to a plurality of workers and resources. The user may add, delete and/or edit scheduling logic statements, filters, matching criteria, scheduling engines and Objective Functions to produce appropriate scheduling outcomes according to user definable objectives. The GUI tool also enables a user to evaluate scheduling outcomes and assess the effectiveness of Schedule Flows and scheduling logic statements by configuring and applying evaluation criteria. The system's platform architecture provides software interfaces that enable the integration of custom matching functions, scheduling engines and Objective Functions, and third party hardware and software functionality. | 05-29-2014 |
20140172487 | SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A schedule management system comprises a long-term goal receive means; a long-term goal storage means for storing the long-term goals to be linked with the deadlines thereof; a mid-term goal receive means; a mid-term goal storage means for storing the mid-term goals to be linked with the deadlines thereof; a separate display means for separately displaying the mid-term goals and the daily tasks, in which the mid-term goals and daily tasks are respectively displayed separately in at least two categories depending on remaining time to the deadlines; and a mid-term-goal priority-sort means for sorting the separately displayed mid-term goals in the order of deadlines, and sorting the separately displayed daily tasks in the order of deadlines next to the mid-term goals displayed in the order of deadlines. | 06-19-2014 |
20140180748 | SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT INTERFACE - Embodiments are directed towards generating schedules for managing team members that may be responsible to be on-call for responding to incidents. Schedules may be configured to schedule team members and manage the rotation of one or more team members assigned to one or more schedule layers. Also, schedules may be employed to determine which team member may be responsible to respond and/or resolve incidents that may be reported and/or detected. If a team member is determined to be the on-call or responsible team member, a notification engine may determine the methods for notify the responsible of the incidents. Further, the notification engine may monitor whether the responsible team has received the notification. The notification engine may employ one or more other notification methods to ensure that the responsible team member may be notified. | 06-26-2014 |
20140257906 | Workflow Management Method and System - Novel tools and techniques are described for managing workflow for projects, including, without limitation, cadastral survey projects. In one aspect, a method might comprise providing a workflow management schedule to a user over a network from a remote computer system. The remote computer system might compare one or more workflow items—including one or more of a task, a meeting, a project, a deadline, a time, a date, one or locations, or required data—on the workflow management schedule with workflow items on reference schedules, and identifying one or more necessary workflow items not included on the workflow management schedule, based on the comparison. The remote computer system might add the one or more necessary workflow items to the workflow management schedule. The remote computer system might additionally define, and send to the user, a scope of work associated with each necessary workflow item, based on reference scopes of work. | 09-11-2014 |
20140278686 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC TASK TIME ESTIMATION AND SCHEDULING - A method and system for automatic task time estimation and scheduling comprising the steps of: (1) storing a plurality of media items; (2) defining an aggregate task; (3) storing participant data and historical time data; (4) determining a plurality of metadata attributes; and (5) determining a final time estimate. | 09-18-2014 |
20140304023 | EXTENDING CALENDAR SYSTEM TO EXECUTE DISCOVERABLE TASKS PRIOR TO THE MEETING - There are provided a method, a system and a computer program product for managing an on-line meeting. The system determines one or more tasks to prepare for the on-line meeting. The system calculates a time period that takes in order to complete the one or more tasks before the on-line meeting starts. The system runs the one or more tasks the calculated time period ahead before the on-line meeting starts. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310047 | SIMPLIFYING SCHEDULING OF DEPENDENT TASKS IN A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT - An aspect of the present invention simplifies scheduling of tasks of a project. In an embodiment, a user is provided the ability to specify a rejected list of dependencies, and such rejected dependencies are excluded when inferring dependencies between tasks of the project. The user may continue to add a set of tasks, have the dependencies (with the exclusion of rejected dependencies) inferred, reject more of the inferred dependencies, have the rejected dependencies added to the rejected list, during successive iterations. The output of such iterations may be processed further by a scheduling tool. | 10-16-2014 |
20140324506 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING RELIABILITY RETURN ON UTILITY VEGETATION MANAGEMENT - A system includes a utility analytics system. The utility analytics system includes a memory configured to store a vegetation management efficiency derivation system related to investment in vegetation management and a trim cycle derivation system related to management of vegetation associated with a power grid. The utility analytics system includes a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to utilize the vegetation management efficiency derivation system and the trim cycle derivation system to derive a reliability return value on an investment to manage the vegetation associated with the power grid and to derive a trim cycle for the vegetation associated with the power grid based at least in part on the derived reliability return value. The trim cycle includes an output indicative of a frequency at which the vegetation associated with the power grid is managed. | 10-30-2014 |
20140343996 | MICROLEARNING EVENT MANAGEMENT IN A MODULAR LEARNING SYSTEM - A system and method are disclosed for modularly scheduling learning events in a modular learning system. Information about application services and microlearning events are stored in the modular learning system, with each microlearning event comprising a plurality of learning applications associated with the application services. The modular learning system receives a request from an organizing user to organize a microlearning event, and in response the modular learning system generates a set of services compatible with the event. | 11-20-2014 |
20140350989 | MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods of the invention relate to creating a schedule to perform a maintenance procedure on a client asset based on a usage of the client asset. A pre-defined interval of time to perform a maintenance procedure on a client asset and a portion of real time usage data for the client asset can be collected and/or received by an aggregation component in which a manager component can be configured to define an updated interval of time to perform the maintenance procedure based at least in part upon a comparison of the pre-defined interval of time and the real time usage date for the client asset. | 11-27-2014 |
20150012322 | GENERATING COST OPTIMIZED SEQUENCES OF ACTIVITIES, FOR MULTIPLE VALUES OF A SEQUENCE ATTRIBUTE, FOR NUMEROUS TIME PERIODS OF A DAY - A computer and method generate a new sequence of assignments of activities of work (e.g. cleaning, sales, accounting) to be performed by an employee, in a particular time period in a day in an organization. An attribute of the new sequence (e.g. number of transitions between activity assignments) has a specific value that is then used to identify a stored sequence from a matrix. Then, costs of these two sequences are compared to determine one of the new sequence or the stored sequence to be an optimal sequence, for the specific value of the attribute and the particular time period. The optimal sequence is then stored in the matrix. In this manner multiple optimal sequences are obtained for several values of the attribute and for numerous time periods in the day. The optimal sequences may be combined with periods of breaks to form a daily schedule. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012323 | GENERATING MULTIPLE OPTIMAL DAILY SCHEDULES FOR MULTIPLE TIME PERIODS IN A DAY AND FOR MULTIPLE DAILY PATTERNS - A computer and method use at least an index of a last item in a new partial schedule and an ending time of the last item to identify a set of one or more stored partial schedules. The computer and method determine whether the new partial schedule dominates any stored partial schedule in the set, based on comparison of at least new lower bound(s) and new upper bound(s) on attribute(s) of a complete schedule that comprises the new partial schedule, with corresponding lower bound and upper bound of each complete schedule to be built using each stored partial schedule. Any stored partial schedule in the set is removed, when the new partial schedule is determined to dominate said any stored partial schedule. When no stored partial schedule in the set dominates the new partial schedule, the new partial schedule is added to the set, followed by repeating the process. | 01-08-2015 |
20150046210 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTENTION OBJECT GENERATION - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for generating an intention object. Activity data defining activity attributes of an intention of a user to undertake an activity is obtained. The activity attributes may comprise at least one temporal attribute defining a time constraint relating to the activity and at least one contextual attribute identifying a context relating to the activity. One or more content items related to the activity are obtained. An intention object is then generated based on the activity attributes, the intention object comprising a data structure including the activity attributes and the one or more content items. An additional activity attribute is inferred based on the activity attributes and the one or more content items. The intention object is then updated to include the additional activity attribute. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY PRESENTING A COLLECTION OF INTENTION OBJECTS - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for providing a collection of intention objects to a user. A collection of intention objects is accessed. Each of the intention objects comprises a data structure including a plurality of activity attributes of an intention of the user to undertake an activity. A relevancy rank for each of the collection of intention objects is determined based on the plurality of activity attributes corresponding to each intention object. The relevancy rank may provide a suggested order in which the user undertake each respective activity. One or more intention objects of the collection of intention objects with a relevancy rank above a predefined threshold are identified. A graphical representation of each of the identified intention objects is then presented in a free form spatial user interface. | 02-12-2015 |
20150051933 | ASYNCHRONOUS FEED OF TAGGED CONTENT BASED ON TIME CRITERIA - In one example, an asynchronous feed of tagged content based on time criteria includes tagging content into content segments and tagging the content with a duration. The method also includes scheduling consumption of the content segments using a schedule at least one user and providing the content segments through an asynchronous feed. Additionally, a computing device for an asynchronous feed of tagged content based on time criteria is provided. | 02-19-2015 |
20150051934 | ASYNCHRONOUS FEED OF TAGGED CONTENT BASED ON TIME CRITERIA - In one example, an asynchronous feed of tagged content based on time criteria includes tagging content into content segments and tagging the content with a duration. The method also includes scheduling consumption of the content segments using a schedule at least one user and providing the content segments through an asynchronous feed. Additionally, a computing device for an asynchronous feed of tagged content based on time criteria is provided. | 02-19-2015 |
20150051935 | SCHEDULING FOR SERVICE PROJECTS VIA NEGOTIATION - Assignment scheduling for service projects, in one aspect, may comprise preparing input parameter data for servicing a client service request; generating a schedule for servicing the client service request by executing an optimization algorithm with the input parameter data; determining whether the schedule is acceptable by the client; and repeating automatically the preparing, the generating, the transmitting and the determining until it is determined that the schedule is acceptable by the client, wherein each iteration automatically prepares different input parameter data for inputting to the optimization algorithm and generates a different schedule based on the different input parameter data. | 02-19-2015 |
20150066559 | College Planning System, Method and Article - A computer-implemented college and career planning system is provided comprising a dynamic graphical user interface customized based upon user personal profile data and/or user system use data; an interface engine comprising a processor for matching post-secondary education institution content with a user based upon user supplied search terms, the user personal profile data and/or the user system use data; meta-knowledge rule bases for storing rules for filtering system data for a user; long-term memory editorial for being matched to users based upon the meta-knowledge rule base, user personal profile and user system use; moderated forums for user-to-user communications organized by topic; feedback forums for providing feedback regarding the editorial content, the editorial topics evolving based upon system use; a toolbox comprising worksheets configured for accepting user input data; and a module for vetting the editorial content prior to making the editorial content available for matching. | 03-05-2015 |
20150134393 | ENHANCED CONTROL TO USERS IN PLACEMENT OF TASKS ALONG A TIMELINE - An aspect of the present disclosure provides enhanced control to users in the placement of tasks along timelines. In an embodiment, task data specifying details of multiple tasks scheduled along a timeline, is maintained. The tasks are displayed along the timeline. A candidate position is received for a first task along the timeline. In response, the task data is examined to identify a set of tasks scheduled in a time slice covering the candidate position, and data related to identified set of tasks is collected. The collected data is then sent for display, for example, in a viewport associated with the first task. | 05-14-2015 |
20150317590 | REMINDER SYSTEM - A reminder system is provided. The system provides a user-friendly interface to a user's existing email, and in some embodiments to the user's document management, calendar and other systems, in order to ensure that an appropriate user is notified when action should be taken, and also provides notation to the user indicating the appropriate course of action to be taken. The system provides a calendaring feature where a supervisor or manager can determine the workload of a group of workers for an upcoming time period. The system provides an easily accessible and traceable database of information pertaining to a project checklist, document, a client name, a client matter number, a document type, or other customizable fields in order for a user to search and sort the information for their own use. | 11-05-2015 |
20150324758 | Equipment Management System - A system may manage equipment distribution with an automated interface that is accessible over a network. The system may include data regarding a number of job sites and the equipment at each site, as well as any available equipment. The data may be monitored and updated for tracking, scheduling, and billing for the distribution of the equipment to job sites. In one example, a construction company may monitor and control the location of its construction equipment through an equipment management system that is also used by an operator of a job site for requesting the equipment needed for that job site. The equipment management system may handle the renting and assigning of equipment for each job site, as well as providing information regarding all the equipment and each job site. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324938 | ANALYTICS-BASED DESIGN AND PLANNING OF CREATIVE MENUS - In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for analytics-based design and planning of creative menus. A method for designing and planning a menu, wherein the menu comprises at least one dish comprising a set of ingredients prepared according to a recipe includes obtaining a user-specified ingredient that must be included in the menu, obtaining a user-specified criterion that must be satisfied by the menu, automatically formulating an optimization problem that evaluates a plurality of potential dishes for inclusion in the menu by optimizing over the user-specified criterion, and automatically selecting the at least one dish from among the plurality of potential dishes, wherein the automatically selecting is performed based at least in part on a solution to the optimization problem, and wherein the at least one dish includes the user-specified ingredient. | 11-12-2015 |
20150347987 | Integrated Daily Digital Planner - A system and method for an integrated daily digital planner is provided. A computing device generates a homepage associated with a daily digital planner. The homepage includes a plurality of modular components. A calendar modular component displays a set of entries associated with a selected date within a calendar pane. Each entry identifies a task or event. A notes modular component displays a set of notes created on the selected date in a daily notes pane. A tasks modular component displays a set of tasks associated with the selected date in the tasks pane. The tasks modular component tracks a status of each task in a current set of tasks scheduled to occur on the current date. A task status comprises an in progress task status, a deleted task status, a delegated task status, an assigned task status, a forwarded task status, and a no action task status. | 12-03-2015 |
20150356518 | AGGREGATE TASK SYSTEM - A system is provided that manages tasks. The system defines an aggregate task including aggregate parts, where each aggregate part is an individual task that is a part of the aggregate task, and where the aggregate task defines a sequence of the aggregate parts. The system further displays the aggregate task and a project plan timeline within a user interface, where the aggregate task is displayed within the project plan timeline, and where the aggregate task is displayed as an aggregate task indicator including aggregate part indicators separated by dividers. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356519 | DETERMINING ADDITIONAL TASK FEATURES FOR A TASK OF A USER - Methods, apparatus and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) are disclosed for determining one or more additional task features for a task of a user. In some implementations, the additional task features may be determined based on additional information from one or more sources that are distinct from the source(s) from which the task is identified or determined. The additional task features may be determined based on the additional information and based on user information that is associated with the user. For example, the additional information may define a superset of information and the additional task features may be a subset of the defined superset. The additional task features may be utilized to generate a task notification related to the task, and the task notification may be provided for presentation to the user. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356614 | Method for displaying advertising and task reminders on a portable electronic device - A system and method for displaying advertising, task reminders and other information is provided. Advertising, reminders for these tasks and other information are displayed when the user is looking at the device and is not busy with other tasks. | 12-10-2015 |
20160026979 | Adaptable Application Platform For Adapting To Day-To-Day Tasks - The invention pertains to a system and method for an adaptable application platform developed with the concept of a system adapting to people's day-to-day tasks, as opposed to people adapting to many disjoint solutions that were developed to address specific problems. The invention is based on reducing the tasks people perform into a small set of basic tasks and implementing these tasks on the platform along with the necessary support functionality. This allows users to develop their specific solutions and interact with others over the platform using a simple common interface without any programming knowledge or special skills. | 01-28-2016 |
20160063451 | Systems and Methods for Biasing Task Assistance Auto-complete Suggestions - A method of task management executes at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The memory stores one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors. The method includes receiving, from a user, a task description corresponding to an electronic message. The method further includes identifying, based on the task description, a task template from among a plurality of predefined task templates. The identified task template includes one or more task parameters. The method further includes determining values for the one or more task parameters based on contents of the electronic message. The method further includes presenting, to the user for user selection, a set of options for completing a task corresponding to the received task description. At least a first subset of the options in the set of options is based upon the one or more first task parameters. | 03-03-2016 |
20160071067 | METHOD OF ESTABLISHING PROCESS OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONTEXT CONCEPT - A method of establishing a process operational framework in accordance with a context concept is introduced. The method involves establishing a process operational framework in accordance with a context concept in a manner that the process operational framework thus established applies to the process-oriented streamlining of an enterprise information system, project execution, and the other working needs. The method is flexible and adaptive to different enterprise operation context in terms of working, reduces the time and financial resources spent on customizing systems for use by different customers, and enhances the ease of maintenance of the enterprise process management system. | 03-10-2016 |
20160078570 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING CROP HARVESTING ACTIVITIES - A computer-implemented method for managing crop harvesting activities is implemented by a harvest advisor computing device in communication with a memory. The method includes receiving an initial date of a crop within a field, receiving an initial moisture value associated with the crop and the initial date, and receiving a target harvest moisture value associated with the crop. The method also includes receiving field condition data associated with the field. The method further includes computing, by the harvest advisor, a target harvest date for the crop based at least in part on the initial date, the initial moisture value, the field condition data, and the target harvest moisture value, and displaying the target harvest date for the crop to the grower for harvest planning. The target harvest date indicates a date at which the crop will have a present moisture value approximately equal to the target harvest moisture value. | 03-17-2016 |
20160086116 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AN AUTOMATICALLY MANAGED CALENDAR AND CONTEXTUAL TASK LIST - In one aspect, a computer system includes an application implemented with a computer processor that automatically discovers a list items from a set of user data sources, wherein the list items correspond to automatic recommendations for a set of calendar events and tasks, and wherein the list items are discovered programmatically in a set of email conversations and a set of calendar updates. The application extracts the list of items and metadata about the list items from the set of user data sources. The application identifies a type of each list item, wherein a set of types comprises a mandatory-action type and an informative type. The application receives a user created list of items. The application creates an electronic agenda view of the auto-recommended list of items and the user created list of items, and organizes these lists by date. The application populates the electronic agenda view with each item in the user created list of items | 03-24-2016 |
20160086141 | MOBILE DEVICE AND SERVER FOR TASK ASSIGNMENTS AND PICKUP REQUESTS - Mobile device for communicating arrival information at a waypoint, communicating that information to a server, receiving a set of tasks (statically assigned or dynamically assigned) for the user (for example, from the server or from another user), displaying the set of tasks to the user, receiving a completion response (successful or unsuccessful) from the user, and proceeding to the next waypoint along a route/trip plan. A coordination server facilitates communication of a list of tasks assigned to a user to be performed at a specified location. The list of tasks is delivered to the user of the first mobile device by the coordination server (if such tasks exist) when the coordination server receives notification from the first mobile device indicating arrival at a specific location. | 03-24-2016 |
20160092846 | DUTY BLOCK TIME CONTROL VIA STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - Method and apparatus for statistically determining buffers for time variances for scheduled operations. Buffers for a particular operation can be based on a statistical analysis of past instances of the specific operation, and a buffer can be applied based on a selected statistical confidence interval. The statistical analysis can include determining a Gumbel distribution for time variances for a particular operation. Once buffers have been determined for the various operations, itineraries of operations can be prepared such that the scheduled times plus the buffer times for the operations in an itinerary do not exceed personnel limits of the personnel who may be assigned to the itineraries. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092952 | Method and System for Managing Geospatial Deployment - A system for managing geospatial deployment is described and includes an input for receiving design data indicative of a design that is to be deployed; a fragmenter configured to fragment said design data into work items, each of said work items including one or more geospatially tagged tasks; an aggregator; an allocator; a scheduler; and a work order generator configured to generate geospatially tagged work orders according to said implementation schedule, each of said work orders being indicative of one or more of said jobs and of one of said parties so identified as fit to implement said respective one or more jobs and each of the work orders being suitable for transmitting to the party identified in the respective work order. | 03-31-2016 |
20160117646 | MANAGING BUILDING INFORMATION AND RESOLVING BUILDING ISSUES - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving information that describes an issue with a building; accessing data that identifies (i) a plurality of components that are included in the building and (ii) features of the plurality of components; identifying one or more candidate components that have at least a threshold likelihood of being a cause of the issue; selecting a candidate service provider from among a plurality of service providers based on a comparison of (i) the one or more candidate components and (ii) information identifying technical qualifications for the plurality of service providers; transmitting a service request for the issue to the candidate service provider; receiving a response from the candidate service provider; and scheduling, based on the response, a service appointment with the candidate service provider to resolve the issue. | 04-28-2016 |
20160125340 | SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING COST EFFECTIVENESS OF COKING SYSTEMS - A system for analyzing a coking system comprises a coking system comprising a first coke drum and a second coke drum, and a user device communicatively coupled to a hardware implemented analysis engine. The coking system configured to collect and transmit coke drum data to the hardware implemented analysis engine. The hardware implemented analysis engine is configured to: receive an estimation of an altered life span of the first coke drum relative to a design life span of the first coke drum, analyze an effect of adding an additional coke drum to the coking system based on the altered life span, and provide a result item related to the analysis to the user device. The estimation of the altered life span is based on the coke drum data. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING PRIVACY INTO CONTACT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A system for managing contact information, the system comprising a processor and a memory having executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the processor to retrieve data for a sales lead from a database, the data including actual contact information of the sales lead, generate first pseudo-contact information that corresponds to the actual contact information of the sales lead, provide a first agent with access to the first pseudo-contact information on a communication system, receive a communication request including the first pseudo-contact information from a client device of the first agent, and link the first pseudo contact information to the actual contact information of the sales lead to establish a communication connection between the client device of the first agent to a client device of the sales lead. | 05-05-2016 |
20160132837 | ACTION ENCOURAGEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR ENCOURAGING USER TO MOVE TO FACILITY SUITABLE FOR SCHEDULE OR TASK - It is necessary to effectively encourage the user to take an action without making the user feel inconvenience, regardless of the charge state of the device held by the user. A way of improved the inducement of user's conduct can be to retrieve information indicating a schedule or task of the user, to retrieve charge state information indicating a device held by the user, to determine a facility to which the user is to be guided, on the basis of the information indicating the schedule or task of the user and the charge state information, and to output information indicating the determined facility. | 05-12-2016 |
20160140473 | CREATING AND DISPLAYING A WORK SEQUENCE - A computer system for creating a work sequence of work items comprises a linked list storage to store multiple first work items and links between the first work items and a first-in-first-out buffer to buffer unscheduled second work items defining a first-out unscheduled second work item. The computer system further comprises a processor. The processor retrieves the first-out unscheduled second work item from the buffer and selects two of the first work items such that an available time between the two of the first work items is greater or equal to the duration of the first-out unscheduled second work item, and stores a link between the first-out unscheduled work item and each of the two selected first work item such that the stored link defines a work sequence and the first-out unscheduled work item is between the two first work items in the work sequence. | 05-19-2016 |
20160148169 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A NEW EVENT DIRECTLY FROM A DOCUMENT - An event providing apparatus includes a storage device in communicating with a date/time detector module. The detector module detects a condition that at least a portion of information stored on the storage device could be mapped to an event, identifies date and time entries in the information, and generates a hyperlink to open an application for creating an event for each entry, the date and time being provided to the application to generate the event directly from the information. The apparatus also includes a display for displaying the time and date in the form of the hyperlink; and a prompter module communicating with the detector module for automatically providing a prompt related to the event in response to selection of the hyperlink. In response to user interaction with the user prompt, the application is started and the event based on the hyperlinked date and time is created. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148170 | TASK PRIORITIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION USING INTERCONNECTED DATA SOURCES - A computer identifies a location that is associated with a task, included in a first list of tasks, based on a first information. The computer determines a first travel time from a second location that is associated with a mobile device to the first location based on a second information. The second information indicates an amount of travel time that is associated with a route from the second location to the first location. The computer generates a plurality of permutations of the tasks included in the first list of tasks. The computer selects a permutation from the plurality of permutations based on the first travel time. The computer generates a second list of tasks using the selected permutation. The organization of the tasks included in the second list of tasks reduces the travel time that is required to complete those tasks. | 05-26-2016 |
20160155096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING TO-DO LIST OF USER | 06-02-2016 |
20160162847 | TIME-BASED ACTIVITY LIST MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for time based activity list management. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for time based activity list management includes receiving a multiplicity of events in memory of a host computing system from over a computer communications network for display in an activity stream of an end user of an enterprise application executing in the memory of the host computing system. The method additionally includes selecting a subset of the events according to an action required to by performed by the end user by each of the events in the subset and prioritizing ones of the events with corresponding actions determined to require a greater period of time to complete. Finally, the method includes displaying the events in the activity stream in an order of priority determined for the events. | 06-09-2016 |
20160163007 | USING CHRONOLOGY AS THE PRIMARY SYSTEM INTERFACE FOR FILES, THEIR RELATED META-DATA, AND THEIR RELATED FILES - Methods, Apparatuses, and Storage Medium associated with chronology based file management are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method may include receiving a selection of a plurality of files or the plurality of files, and generating association data selectively associating the plurality of files with a plurality of events scheduled in a calendar of a user or time periods of the user. The method may further include storing the association data to facilitate subsequent selectively retrieval of the plurality of files in response to retrieval requests for files associated with selected ones of the plurality of events scheduled in the calendar of the user or the time periods of the user. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 06-09-2016 |
20160171454 | TRANSACTION QUEUING | 06-16-2016 |
20160180298 | TASK MAP VISUALIZATION | 06-23-2016 |
20160189283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ON-DEMAND SERVICE DATA COLLECTIONS - A system and method for managing on-demand services includes integrating a consumer's personal resources with institutional service providers. The consumer's service request is fulfilled by streamlining the selection of resources and seamlessly extending the search to a larger system when the consumer's personal resources are exhausted. The system and method advantageously provides focused communications to selected contacts and automates the selection process. | 06-30-2016 |
20160379175 | System and Method for Automated Optimized Personal Task Scheduling and Targeted Advertising - The present invention describes mobile phone applications that include methods and systems which automatically schedule tasks from a dynamically-changing task list for efficient utilization of available time. Unlike the prior personal task scheduling systems, the proposed system uses optimization algorithms and computer programs when creating a time schedule of tasks. In order to schedule individual tasks, the system takes into account multiple constraints controllable by the user. Basic constraints include individual task's deadline, start-time, minimum and maximum time-chunks for task fragments, relative priority of tasks (in case of time-collision), etc. Further constraints may include user's general preferences regarding individual task or group of tasks. Specifically, preferences may include time-of-day (e.g., morning, evening), location (e.g., home, work, particular grocery store or chain, particular gym, park), etc. In order to schedule the tasks, the system considers the user's calendar information and regards scheduled time-slots in the calendar as unavailable time for task scheduling. The system also considers as unavailable user-defined time periods reserved for such activities as sleeping, eating, resting, etc., unless the task specifically involves such activities. Furthermore, the system is flexible in the sense that the user can choose not to follow the advised task schedule and reprioritize tasks at his/her will. The system contains other interactive features such as issuing various task alerts to the user, allows the user to decline/delegate tasks and visualization (e.g. based on color coding) of the task-list (based on the status of the tasks, for example, close to completion, cannot be delegated etc.). The allocation is adaptive, in that, the schedule is automatically updated as new tasks enter the system, after task completions, when task priorities are modified, and based on other user inputs such as task declining/delegation. Finally, the system can be operated in a networked mode in which joint tasks involving multiple users (and their calendars) can be scheduled. Since the system will store the calendared event times of each user in the server, a joint task among multiple users can be scheduled based on the superimposed calendars of the users while protecting privacy of individual user's calendars. | 12-29-2016 |
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