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Employee time entry and accounting system

  • US 5,717,867 A
  • Filed: 10/11/1995
  • Issued: 02/10/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A time and attendance system for accumulating and processing information about a plurality of employees in a workplace having workstations where employees perform assigned tasks under the supervision of one or more supervisors, wherein the time and attendance system is comprised of:

  • a time clock configured to allow one or more employees to log in and log out and to generate one or more data signals indicative thereof, wherein the time clock has an open state and a closed state and wherein the one or more data signals indicative of when an employee logged in or out of the time clock are generated only when the time clock is in the open state and wherein the time clock only enters the open state in response to a supervisor opening the time clock;

    a central computer electronically linked to the time clock and receiving the data signals from the time clock wherein the computer stores information indicative at least in part of the data signals generated by the time clock; and

    a plurality of data structures corresponding to the plurality of employees, wherein the central computer stores information by updating the plurality of data structures in response to the one or more data signals received from the time clock.

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