SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A DATA MODIFICATION TIMELINE

• US 20090240611A1
• Filed: 03/21/2008
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Perquest, Inc. (Automatic Data Processing Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Perquest, Inc. (Automatic Data Processing Incorporated)
• Inventors: Paterson, Charyl L., Carr, John, Shafrir, Ev, Jones, Randall, Stratton, Gregg, Goldberg, Ben, Augustine, Nancy L.
• Application Number:
  US12/053,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20090240611A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/125 Finance or payroll

Abstract

Systems and methods for displaying data modification may include a user interface displaying a timeline with one or more items, which may include their own item timeline, corresponding to the same time period. A change made in item values may be reflected in the timeline. The invention may be applied to payroll or human capital management software, which may provide means for displaying payroll or human capital management information and how it is modified.

Claims

1. A graphical timeline for displaying human capital management data comprising:

a plurality of time period indicators covering a defined time interval; and

one or more human capital management item timelines each divided by the time period indicators, wherein each human capital management item timeline includes;

an initial data value for a human capital management item at an earlier time period on the payroll item timeline; and

a change indicator on the human capital management item timeline that indicates at a later time a data value change for the human capital management item together with a new data value.

2. The graphical timeline of claim 1 further comprising an interface for adding new items.

3. The graphical timeline of claim 1 wherein the plurality of time period indicators indicate pay periods.

4. The graphical timeline of claim 1 wherein at least one human capital management items relates to payroll data.

5. The graphical timeline of claim 4 wherein the human capital management items include at least one of:

401K, CAF, GamIRS, ChSupp, miscellaneous, and advance data.

6. The graphical timeline of claim 1 wherein the new data value is blank if the change indicator indicates the end of the human capital management item.

7. The graphical timeline of claim 1 wherein the change indicator includes a color change within the human capital management item timeline for the new data value or for the end of the human capital management item.

8. The graphical timeline of claim 1 further comprising time passage indicators corresponding to a calendar time period.

9. The graphical timeline of claim 3 further comprising an indicator denoting a next payroll time.

21. The graphical timeline of claim 1 wherein the change indicator indicates a change that occurred through use of a data modification interface.

22. The graphical timeline of claim 21 wherein the data modification interface is a side by side display.

10. A graphical interface for a payroll management system comprising:

a plurality of visually mapped payroll item timelines that are divided into selected time intervals, wherein each payroll item timeline includes;

a first data value corresponding to a first period of time for a selected payroll item; and

a second data value corresponding to a second period of time for the selected payroll items.

11. The graphical interface of claim 10 wherein the first data value and the second data value are the same.

12. A graphical interface for a human capital management system comprising:

a plurality of graphical human capital management item timelines that are divided into selected time intervals, wherein at least one human capital management item timeline includes;

a first data value corresponding to a first period of time for a selected human capital management item; and

a second data value corresponding to a second period of time for the selected human capital management items.

13. A method for displaying human capital management data comprising:

displaying a graphical timeline with a plurality of time period indicators covering a defined time interval;

displaying one or more human capital management item timelines divided by the plurality of time period indicators;

showing an initial data value for a human capital management item at an earlier time period on the human capital management item timeline; and

showing a change indicator on the human capital management item timeline that indicates at a later time a data value change for the human capital management item together with a new data value.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising adding an additional human capital management item, with its own human capital management item timeline.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the new data value is blank if the change indicator indicates the end of the human capital management item.

16. The method of claim 13 further comprising displaying information about a human capital management item when a pointing device indicator is over a human capital management item timeline.

17. The method of claim 13 further comprising displaying information about a human capital management item when a user clicks on a human capital management item timeline.

18. The method of claim 16 or 17 wherein displaying information includes at least one of the following:

displaying information on a popup, displaying information in a new window, or displaying information in a page so that the user navigates away from the previous page.

23. The method of displaying payroll data of claim 13 wherein showing a change indicator on the human capital management item timeline reflects a change made by modifying human capital management data through a data modification interface.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein the data modification interface is a side by side display.

19. A method for displaying payroll data comprising:

displaying a plurality of visually mapped payroll item timelines that are divided into selected time intervals, wherein each payroll item timeline includes;

a first data value corresponding to a first period of time for a selected payroll item; and

a second data value corresponding to a second period of time for the selected payroll items.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the first data value and the second data value are the same.