Methods and systems for assigning workshifts
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method, comprising:
- providing a worker access to a listing of work shifts via a network connection;
allowing the worker to provide bids for at least some of the work shifts by assigning a priority to the at least some of the work shifts;
assigning a work shift to the worker based on the bids provided by the worker and a bid ranking associated with the worker; and
updating the listing to remove the work shift assigned to the worker.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Disclosed are methods, systems, and a processor product that include: providing a worker access to a listing of work shifts via a network connection, allowing the worker to provide bids for at least some of the work shifts by assigning a priority to the at least some of the work shifts, assigning a work shift to the worker based on the bids provided by the worker and a bid ranking associated with the worker; and, updating the listing to remove the work shift assigned to the worker. The bid ranking can be associated with age, seniority, and/or a company rule.
92 Citations
55 Claims
-
1. A method, comprising:
-
providing a worker access to a listing of work shifts via a network connection;
allowing the worker to provide bids for at least some of the work shifts by assigning a priority to the at least some of the work shifts;
assigning a work shift to the worker based on the bids provided by the worker and a bid ranking associated with the worker; and
updating the listing to remove the work shift assigned to the worker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
-
-
26. A method, comprising:
-
obtaining from a first worker, a number of bids for available work shifts, the number of bids being no more than a total of available work shifts;
prioritizing the number of bids to obtain a prioritized order of bids;
receiving bids from higher priority workers, assigning work shifts to the higher priority workers, removing from the available work shifts, work shifts assigned to the higher priority workers to obtain remaining available work shifts; and
assigning to the first worker one of the remaining available work shifts based on the prioritized order of bids. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
-
-
31. A processor program tangibly stored on a processor-readable medium and comprising instructions cause the processor to:
-
provide a worker access to a listing of work shifts via a network connection;
allow the worker to provide bids for at least some of the work shifts by assigning a priority to the at least some of the work shifts;
assign a work shift to the worker based on the bids provided by the worker and a bid ranking associated with the worker; and
update the listing to remove the work shift assigned to the worker. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
-
Specification