Organizing and Managing Employee Information for a Manager
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for organizing and managing employee information for a manager, the method comprising:
- generating, using one or more processors, a graphical user interface (GUI) for a person who is a manager of multiple employees, the GUI including views for the manager to enter, organize, inspect and be reminded of, information regarding one or more of the employees, the views including;
(i) a team view that identifies, and presents at least one tag for, each of the employees, (ii) a notes view including notes generated, or received, by the manager that have not been assigned to any of the employees, and (iii) a task view that presents tasks for the manager to perform, each task having either an employee association or no employee association;
creating a new object under guidance of the GUI;
assigning either a task type or a note type to the new object; and
associating the new object with one or more of the employees;
wherein the team view provides for manager selection of any of the employees before creating the new object and automatic association of the new object with that employee upon creation; and
wherein the notes view and the task view both provide for manager information entry in the new object before associating the new object with the one or more of the employees.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface is generated for a manager of multiple employees, including views for the manager to enter, organize, inspect and be reminded of, information regarding one or more of the employees: a team view that identifies, and presents at least one tag for, each of the employees, a notes view including notes generated, or received, by the manager that have not been assigned to any of the employees, and a task view that presents tasks for the manager to perform, each task having either an employee association or no employee association. A new object associated with one or more employees is created. The manager can select any of the employees before creating a new object and automatically associate the new object with that employee. The manager can enter information in a new object before associating the new object with the one or more of the employees.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for organizing and managing employee information for a manager, the method comprising:
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generating, using one or more processors, a graphical user interface (GUI) for a person who is a manager of multiple employees, the GUI including views for the manager to enter, organize, inspect and be reminded of, information regarding one or more of the employees, the views including;
(i) a team view that identifies, and presents at least one tag for, each of the employees, (ii) a notes view including notes generated, or received, by the manager that have not been assigned to any of the employees, and (iii) a task view that presents tasks for the manager to perform, each task having either an employee association or no employee association;creating a new object under guidance of the GUI; assigning either a task type or a note type to the new object; and associating the new object with one or more of the employees; wherein the team view provides for manager selection of any of the employees before creating the new object and automatic association of the new object with that employee upon creation; and wherein the notes view and the task view both provide for manager information entry in the new object before associating the new object with the one or more of the employees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method for organizing and managing employee information for a manager, the method comprising:
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generating, using one or more processors, a graphical user interface (GUI) for a person who is a manager of multiple employees, the GUI including views for the manager to enter, organize, inspect and be reminded of, information regarding one or more of the employees, the views including;
(i) a team view that identifies, and presents at least one tag for, each of the employees, (ii) a notes view including notes generated, or received, by the manager that have not been assigned to any of the employees, and (iii) a task view that presents tasks for the manager to perform, each task having either an employee association or no employee association;creating a new object under guidance of the GUI; assigning either a task type or a note type to the new object; and associating the new object with one or more of the employees; wherein the team view provides for manager selection of any of the employees before creating the new object and automatic association of the new object with that employee upon creation; and wherein the notes view and the task view both provide for manager information entry in the new object before associating the new object with the one or more of the employees. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, generate on a display device a graphical user interface (GUI) for organizing and managing employee information for a person who is a manager of multiple employees, the graphical user interface including views for the manager to enter, organize, inspect and be reminded of, information regarding one or more of the employees, the views comprising:
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a team view that identifies, and presents at least one tag for, each of the employees; a notes view including notes generated, or received, by the manager that have not been assigned to any of the employees; and a task view that presents tasks for the manager to perform, each task having either an employee association or no employee association; wherein a new object is created under guidance of the GUI, either a task type or a note type is assigned to the new object, and the new object is associated with one or more of the employees; wherein the team view provides for manager selection of any of the employees before creating the new object and automatic association of the new object with that employee upon creation; and wherein the notes view and the task view both provide for manager information entry in the new object before associating the new object with the one or more of the employees. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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