Logical architecture for business-to-employee web services
First Claim
1. A system to enable employees of an identified company to perform employment-related functions for the identified company, the system comprising:
- a first electronic information system being accessible from a first website hosted by the first electronic information system, the first electronic information system comprising;
data related to the identified company stored in electronic storage;
a plurality of tools to enable the employees of the identified company to perform a plurality of employment-related functions for the identified company, each tool utilizing the company-related data to perform its intended function; and
a data engine operable to provide a link between the first website hosted by the first electronic information system and a second website hosted by a second electronic information system operated by a business partnered with the identified company, the first and second websites having the same look and feel.
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Abstract
A system and method for using a website to provide tools that enable an employee perform employment-related functions. The system includes a website interface, data and applications stored in memory, and a data engine to provide the applications with the data to operate. The system may also include an external application accessible by the data engine via a link to a second electronic information system provided by a partner business. The method includes developing a website that utilizes applications and data to form tools to enable an employee perform employment-related tasks. The method also includes providing the computer system with a data engine to locate specific data in memory and transfer the specific data to an application to enable a tool to perform its employment-related function. The method further includes providing a website interface to access the tools.
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18 Claims
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1. A system to enable employees of an identified company to perform employment-related functions for the identified company, the system comprising:
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a first electronic information system being accessible from a first website hosted by the first electronic information system, the first electronic information system comprising; data related to the identified company stored in electronic storage; a plurality of tools to enable the employees of the identified company to perform a plurality of employment-related functions for the identified company, each tool utilizing the company-related data to perform its intended function; and a data engine operable to provide a link between the first website hosted by the first electronic information system and a second website hosted by a second electronic information system operated by a business partnered with the identified company, the first and second websites having the same look and feel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic information system for providing tools to employees of an identified company to perform employment-related functions for the identified company, the system comprising:
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an information database containing data related to the identified company; an interactive Internet website that enables only the employees of the identified company to access and interact with the electronic information system; a plurality of tools that direct the system to perform operations to assist the employees to perform employment-related functions for the identified company; an information engine that operates between the information database and the plurality of tools; an application to identify each of the employees accessing the system, wherein the system configures the interactive Internet website based on each employees'"'"' identity, and a data engine operable to provide a link between the interactive Internet website and an external Internet website, the interactive Internet website and the external Internet website being coordinated so they both have a similar appearance. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of using a computer system to provide tools to employees of a first company to enable the employees to perform employment-related functions, the method comprising:
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providing a first computer system with programming to enable the first computer system to host a first website; enabling a second company to host a second website having the same look and feel as the first website, wherein the first website is linked to the second website to enable the employees of the first company to obtain second company-related data via the second website without appearing to leave the first website; providing the first computer system with first company-related data and a plurality of applications stored in memory to form a plurality of tools accessible by the employees of the first company via the first website, each tool performing an employment-related function for the employee; and providing the first computer system with a data engine operable to locate specific first company data and second company data and to transfer the specific first company data and second company data to an application to enable the plurality of tools to perform their employment-related functions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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