TIME TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20120109578A1
• Filed: 10/28/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Parulekar, Subir, Khabiya, Sandeep Subhash, Rajamariappan, Rajmohan
• Application Number:
  US12/914,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20120109578A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/178
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1091 Recording time for administrative or management purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/10 together with the recording, indicating or registering of other data, e.g. of signs of identity

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for time tracking. A method for time tracking can include parsing contents of an application page accessed by a user and displaying a time tracker user interface to the user responsive to detecting time tracking context information within the contents of the application page. The time tracker user interface can indicate a current item associated with the application page and against which time can be logged. The method can include logging time against the current item, adding the current item and associated logged time information to a maintained list of items against which time has been logged, and providing the items of the maintained list and associated logged time information to a time sheet application page accessed by the user.

Claims

1. A method for time tracking, comprising:

parsing contents of an application page accessed by a user;

causing a display of a time tracker user interface responsive to detecting time tracking context information within the contents, wherein the time tracker user interface indicates a current item associated with the application page and against which time can be logged;

logging time against the current item;

adding the current item and associated logged time information to a maintained list of items against which time has been logged; and

providing the items of the maintained list and associated logged time information to a time sheet application page for access by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein causing includes causing a display of the time tracker user interface that includes a total number of items corresponding to the maintained list of items.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein causing includes causing a display of the time tracker user interface that includes current item description information obtained from the time tracking context information prior to logging time against the current item.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein logging time against the current item includes determining a time elapsed since the application page was accessed by the user.

5. The method of claim 4, including causing an updated display of the time tracker user interface that includes the time elapsed since the application page was accessed by the user prior to adding the current item and associated logged time information to the maintained list.

6. The method of claim 4, including providing, on the displayed time tracker user interface, an option for the user to enter a time amount different from the determined time elapsed since the application page was accessed.

7. The method of claim 1, including:

parsing contents of a subsequent application page accessed by the user; and

causing the display of the time tracker user interface to the user responsive to detecting time tracking context information within the contents of the subsequent application page.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the subsequent application page corresponds to an application which is different from an application to which the application page corresponds.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

detect contents of an accessed application page;

cause a display of a time tracker user interface responsive to detection of time tracking context information within the contents of the application page, wherein the time tracker user interface indicates a current item associated with the application page and against which time can be logged;

maintain a list of items against which time has been logged along with corresponding recorded time information;

record time against the current item;

provide the current item and associated recorded time information to the maintained list; and

provide the items of the maintained list and associated recorded time information to a time sheet application page.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, including computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

display the maintained list to a user; and

provide the user with a selectable option to transfer contents of the maintained list to the time sheet application page.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the maintained list displayed to the user includes user-selectable entries, and wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium includes computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide user-selected entries to the time sheet application page.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, including computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to populate a number of fields of a time sheet corresponding to the time sheet application page with content of a number of entries corresponding to the maintained list.

13. A device for time tracking, comprising:

a processor in communication with a memory;

a number of different applications stored on the memory and executable by the processor, the number of different applications including a time tracking component that, when executed by the processor;

displays a time tracker user interface on a currently accessed application page of one of the number of different applications responsive to detecting time tracking context information within the contents of the currently accessed application page, wherein the time tracker user interface indicates a current item associated with the application page and against which time can be logged;

logs time against the current item;

adds the current item and associated logged time information to a maintained list of items against which time has been logged; and

provides the items of the maintained list and associated logged time information to a time sheet application page associated with the time sheet application.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the number of different applications includes a management application, an email application, and a word processor application.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the time tracking component includes computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, update a content of the time tracker user interface responsive to navigation to a subsequent application page that includes time tracking context information therein