Vehicle technician time clock tool
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1. A vehicle technician time clock tool, comprising:
- a computer-implemented interface to a database, wherein the database contains vehicle service task-related information and time-related information, the vehicle service task-related information and time-related information pertaining to at least one vehicle technician; and
a computer-implemented graphical user display (GUI), wherein the GUI displays in real time at least some of the vehicle service task-related information, at least some of the time-related information, and at least one calculation based on at least some of the time-related information.
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Abstract
A vehicle technician time clock tool comprises a computer-implemented interface to a database, wherein the database contains vehicle service task-related information and time-related information, the vehicle service task-related information and time-related information pertaining to at least one vehicle technician, and a computer-implemented graphical user display (GUI), wherein the GUI displays in real time at least some of the vehicle service task-related information, at least some of the time-related information, and at least one calculation based on at least some of the time-related information.
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1. A vehicle technician time clock tool, comprising:
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a computer-implemented interface to a database, wherein the database contains vehicle service task-related information and time-related information, the vehicle service task-related information and time-related information pertaining to at least one vehicle technician; and
a computer-implemented graphical user display (GUI), wherein the GUI displays in real time at least some of the vehicle service task-related information, at least some of the time-related information, and at least one calculation based on at least some of the time-related information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method of monitoring vehicle technician time clock information, comprising:
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connecting to a database;
extracting from the database data corresponding to time clock entries made by a vehicle technician;
performing at least one time-related calculation on at least some of the data extracted from the database;
displaying at least some of the data extracted from the database; and
displaying at least one result from the at least one performed time-related calculation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle technician time clock tool system, comprising:
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a computer-implemented interface to a database containing data fields corresponding to technician name, service identifier, job identifier, customer name, time left, elapsed technician time, elapsed total time, target time, and over/under time;
a graphical display of the data fields, wherein display of the over/under time is a first color if the over/under time is positive and a second color if the over/under time is negative; and
a reporting tool that calculates in real time at least one performance against target comparison. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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