Resourcing of staff for events

• US 7,680,684 B1
• Filed: 09/11/2000
• Issued: 03/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: X Corp. (f/k/a Twitter, Inc.) (X Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Beveridge, Lynelle Ungh-Thanh
• Primary Examiner(s): Morgan; Robert W
• Application Number:
  US09/658,951
• Time in Patent Office: 3,473 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/8, 705/9
• US Class Current: 705/7.14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task

Abstract

The present invention relates to resourcing of staff for performing tasks at an event. The present invention also relates to providing of a logistics requirement list for the staff. A method is provided whereby a electronic message is forwarded to a candidate by a resource management system 410, informing the candidate that their application has been accepted, providing the candidate with a staff identification and requesting the candidate to register. To register, the candidate connects to a first Internet Web site 451, from which the candidate receives information and instruction to connect with a second web site 452. The candidate gains access to the second web site 452 by use of the staff identification. The candidate then provides the requested information to complete registration.

Claims

1. A method of resourcing staff to an event, comprising the steps of:

a) identifying a candidate for staffing of an event;

b) forwarding an e-mail message by a resource management system to the candidate, wherein the e-mail message includes a user identification and invites the candidate to a first Internet web site for registering to staff the event, wherein the user identification is for the candidate to enter for gaining access to a second Internet web site, and wherein the e-mail message includes a link to the first Internet web site;

b) connecting with the candidate at the first Internet web site responsive to the link in the e-mail message taking the candidate to a web page using an Internet browser;

d) providing information and instruction on the web page for displaying to the candidate, including instruction for connecting with the second web site and a request for the candidate to supply certain information to the second web site for registering;

e) receiving confirmation from the candidate that the candidate has the certain information ready for supplying to the second web site;

f) granting the candidate access to the second web site responsive to receiving i) the confirmation from the candidate that the candidate has the certain information ready for supplying to the second web site and ii) the user identification; and

g) receiving the requested information for registration from the candidate by the second web site.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving applications from potential candidates, wherein step a) includes;

selecting qualified candidates from the applications, wherein the candidate of step a) is one of the selected candidates.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the message of step a) includes a password.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of the user identification expiring once the candidate has gained access to the second web site, ensuring that the candidate only registers once.

5. A method according to claim 1, comprising the further step of creating a logistics requirements list from at least parts of the information received in step g).

13. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing resourcing staff to an event, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the steps of claim 1.

6. A method of resourcing staff to an event, comprising the steps of:

a) receiving applications from potential candidates;

b) selecting qualified candidates from the applications;

c) forwarding an e-mail message by a resource management system to each of the qualified candidates, wherein each such an e-mail message includes a respective user identification and invites a respective one of the qualified candidates to a first Internet web site for registering to staff the event, wherein such a user identification is for the respective candidate to enter for gaining access to a second Internet web site, and wherein the e-mail message includes a link to the first Internet web site;

d) connecting with such a qualified candidate at the first Internet web site responsive to the link in the e-mail message taking the candidate to a web page using an Internet browser;

e) providing information and instruction on the web page for displaying to such a qualified candidate, including instruction for connecting with the second web site and a request for information for the candidate to supply to the second web site for registering;

f) receiving confirmation from the candidate that the candidate has the certain information ready for supplying to the second web site; and

g) granting such a qualified candidate access to the second web site responsive to receiving i) the confirmation from the candidate that the candidate has the certain information ready for supplying to the second web site and ii) the candidate'"'"'s user identification; and

h) receiving such requested information for registration from such a candidate by the second web site.

7. A method according to claim 6, comprising the further step of creating a logistics requirements list from at least parts of the information received in step h).

8. A method according to claim 6, comprising the step of the user identification expiring once the candidate has gained access to the second web site, ensuring that the candidate only registers once.

14. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing resourcing staff to an event, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the steps of claim 6.

9. A system for resourcing staff to an event, the system comprising:

a plurality of user terminals;

a resourcing system;

a network for interconnecting the user terminals and the resourcing system;

means for identifying a candidate for staffing of an event;

message means for forwarding an e-mail message by a resource management system to the candidate via one of the user terminals, the e-mail message including a user identification and an invitation for the candidate to a first Internet web site for registering to staff the event, wherein the user identification is for the candidate to enter for gaining access to a second Internet web site, and wherein the e-mail message includes a link to the first Internet web site;

registration means comprising the first and second Web sites, wherein the first web site is configured for connecting with the candidate through the network responsive to the link in the e-mail message taking the candidate to a web page using an Internet browser through the network and for providing the candidate information and instruction, including instruction for connecting with the second web site site and a request for the candidate to supply certain information to the second web site for registering, and wherein the second web site is configured for granting the candidate access to the second web site responsive to receiving i) confirmation from the candidate that the candidate has the certain information ready for supplying to the second web site and ii) the user identification, and the second web site is configured for receiving the requested information for registration from the candidate; and

means for storing the requested information.

10. A system according to claim 9, wherein the user identification includes a password.

11. A system according to claim 9, further comprising means for expiring the user identification once the candidate has gained access to the second web site.

12. A system according to claim 9, further comprising means for creating a logistics requirements list from at least parts of the information received by the second web site from the candidate.