USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH THE ABILITY TO VIEW JOB ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION
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Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) implemented on a computer for displaying job assignment information associated with a given user. The GUI comprises an information display area for displaying a plurality of entries, each entry of the plurality of entries being associated with a respective job assignment for the given user, each entry further displaying a data element identifying the respective job assignment, wherein at least one entry of the plurality of entries is indicative of a past job assignment. The GUI further comprises a control component operable by the user at the computer to cause the graphical user interface to display additional information regarding a selected job assignment.
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30 Claims
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1-29. -29. (canceled)
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30. A method for managing the assignment of a job to an employee of a transportation company, the job including performing duty as crew member in a transportation vehicle during a trip, the method including:
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a. assigning the job to a first employee via job bidding, including; b. receiving at at least one server electronic bids on a first job from a plurality of employees of the transportation company; c. processing the bids by the at least one server to award the job to a first employee on the basis of selection criteria; d. linking in a database a data element representing the first employee and a data element representing the job, the linking indicating that the first employee is assigned the job of performing duty as crew member during the trip of the vehicle e. implementing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a display, the GUI including; 1. a job selection display area configured for displaying job information extracted from the database;
the job selection display area presenting a second employee at the display, having a higher seniority ranking than the first employee with a set of jobs already assigned to employees of the transportation company that have a lower seniority rank than the second employee, the set of jobs including the job of performing duty as crew member during the trip of the vehicle;2. a seniority move control operable to exercise a seniority move in connection with a job selected in the set of jobs, when the job selected in the set of jobs is the job of performing duty as crew member during the trip of the vehicle, the seniority move performing a re-positioning of the first employee from the job of performing duty as crew member during the trip of the vehicle to make the job of performing duty as crew member during the trip of the vehicle available to the second employee that is of more senior rank; f. in response to operation of the seniority move control in connection with the job of performing duty as crew member during the trip of the vehicle; 1. linking in the database the data element representing the job of performing duty as crew member during the trip of the vehicle to a data element representing the second employee to indicate that the second employee is assigned the job of performing duty as crew member during the trip of the vehicle; 2. generating an electronic notification to the first employee that the job of performing duty as crew member during the trip of the vehicle has been withdrawn from the first employee.
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