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Time keeping and expense tracking server that interfaces with a user based upon a user's atomic abilities

  • US 6,750,885 B1
  • Filed: 06/29/2000
  • Issued: 06/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method in a server for generating a GUI screen, comprising the steps of:

  • maintaining an access list of users and an access level of each user in the list of users;

    maintaining a mapping between modifiable fields and users of the list of users according to access level;

    maintaining a mapping of modified field names and default field names examining a user ID for a first user to determine user group affiliations and capacities based on assigned access level;

    receiving from the first user an indication of a modified atomic ability for a second user wherein the second user is a lower level user than the first user;

    storing the modified atomic ability for the second user;

    receiving a user ID for the second user indicating the second user is logged in;

    examining the second user'"'"'s atomic abilities;

    examining a user terminal capacity for the second user; and

    building and transmitting a GUI page having a plurality of tabs at a side of the GUI page wherein the tabs that are displayed are based upon the atomic abilities of the user and wherein the tabs displayed for the second user are a subset of the tabs displayed for the first user.

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