Method for processing concurrent personnel assignments

• US 8,788,305 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2006
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Mani, Sreesha, R, Gajan Kumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Jeanty, Romain
• Application Number:
  US11/541,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20080091502A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,854 Days
• Field of Search: 705/9, 705/7.11
• US Class Current: 705/7.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063118 Staff planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1057 Benefits or employee welfare, e.g. insurance, holiday or retirement packages
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

A method includes receiving a person identifier by a first set of computer program instructions; determining if there are a plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person identifier; and if there are a plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person identifier: selecting a specific personnel assignment from among the plurality of personnel assignments, and processing data by a second set of computer program instructions, the data being related to at least both the person identifier and the selected personnel assignment.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving via a graphical user interface of a first computer a person identifier by a first set of computer program instructions executing on the first computer;

searching a computer memory to determine if a variable associated with the person identifier indicates whether there are a plurality of personnel assignments or only a single personnel assignment associated with the person identifier; and

if there are a plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person identifier;

selecting a subset of the plurality of personnel assignments according to a criteria defined by at least one of a user input and a type of business process to be performed;

for each of the selected subset of the plurality of personnel assignments;

determining pay rate, taxation rate and benefit data associated with both the person identifier and the personnel assignment, wherein the pay rate and benefit data are different for each of the plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person identifier, and

processing the corresponding pay rate, taxation rate and benefit data to perform the business process, including generating a payroll payment and a benefit transaction for the selected subset of personnel assignments of a person identified by the person identifier, wherein the processing is performed by a second set of computer program instructions executing on a second computer remote from the first computer; and

if there is a single personnel assignment associated with the person identifier, determining pay rate, taxation rate and benefit data associated with only the person identifier, and processing the corresponding pay rate, taxation rate and benefit data to perform the business process, including generating a payroll payment and a benefit transaction for the single personnel assignment, wherein the processing is performed by the second set of computer program instructions executing on the second computer remote from the first computer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if there is not more than one personnel assignment associated with the person identifier;

if there is not more than one personnel assignment associated with the person identifier, processing data by the second set of computer program instructions, the data being related to at least the person identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

invoking the second set of computer program instructions by the first set of computer program instructions.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the person identifier and a personnel assignment identifier identifying the selected personnel assignment to the second set of computer program instructions by the first set of computer program instructions.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second sets of computer program instructions are capable of being run independently of each other by a processor.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing the related data by a plurality of the second sets of computer program instructions, each of the plurality of second sets of computer program instructions comprising at least some computer program instructions not contained in the other second sets of computer program instructions.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating a switch with the person identifier, the switch having a state, wherein the possible values of the state include a first state indicating that there is not more than one personnel assignment associated with the person identifier, and a second state indicating that there are the plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person identifier.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising at least one of:

setting the state of the switch, or determining the state of the switch.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying, using an at least partially electronic apparatus, the person identifier at the same time as at least one of;

a personnel assignment identifier related to at least one of the plurality of personnel assignments, or the state of the switch.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a business process involving the person and an organization, wherein the processing the pay rate and benefit data is part of the business process.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein, for each of the plurality of personnel assignments, the business process is configured to:

tax the payroll payment according to a tax rate associated with the personnel assignment, and

process a termination request for the-personnel assignment.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the business process is at least partially performed by a human resources department of the organization.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising at least one of:

receiving search parameters by the first set of computer program instructions, the search parameters comprising at least one of;

a value of the person identifier, or a value of a personnel assignment identifier associated with the personnel assignment;

or

searching, by the first set of computer program instructions, data comprising a plurality of person identifiers and personnel assignments, wherein search parameters comprise at least one of;

a value of the person identifier, or a value of the personnel assignment identifier.

14. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer program instructions which when executed by a processor perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving via a graphical user interface of a first computer a person identifier by a first set of computer program instructions executing on the first computer;

searching a computer memory to determine if a variable associated with the person identifier indicates whether there are a plurality of personnel assignments or only a single personnel assignment associated with the person identifier; and

if there are a plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person identifier;

selecting a subset of the plurality of personnel assignments according to a criteria defined by at least one of a user input and a type of business process to be performed;

for each of the selected subset of the plurality of personnel assignments;

determining pay rate, taxation rate and benefit data associated with both the person identifier and the personnel assignment, wherein the pay rate and benefit data are different for each of the plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person identifier, and

processing the corresponding pay rate, taxation rate and benefit data to perform the business process, including generating a payroll payment and a benefit transaction for the selected subset of personnel assignments of a person identified by the person identifier, wherein the processing is performed by a second set of computer program instructions executing on a second computer remote from the first computer; and

if there is a single personnel assignment associated with the person identifier, determining pay rate, taxation rate and benefit data associated with only the person identifier, and processing the corresponding pay rate, taxation rate and benefit data to perform the business process, including generating a payroll payment and a benefit transaction for the single personnel assignment, wherein the processing is performed by the second set of computer program instructions executing on the second computer remote from the first computer.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the method further comprising:

determining if there is not more than one personnel assignment associated with the person identifier;

if there is not more than one personnel assignment associated with the person identifier, processing data by the second set of the computer program instructions, the data being related to at least the person identifier.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the method further comprising:

invoking the second set of the computer program instructions by the first set of the computer program instructions.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the method further comprising:

providing the person identifier and a personnel assignment identifier identifying the selected personnel assignment to the second set of the computer program instructions by the first set of the computer program instructions.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the first and second sets of the computer program instructions are capable of being run independently of each other by a processor.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the method further comprising:

processing the related data by a plurality of the second sets of the computer program instructions, each of the plurality of second sets of the computer program instructions comprising at least some computer program instructions not contained in the other second sets of the computer program instructions.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the method further comprising:

associating a switch with the person identifier, the switch having a state, wherein the possible values of the state include a first state indicating that there is not more than one personnel assignment associated with the person identifier, and a second state indicating that there are the plurality of personnel assignments associated with the person identifier.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, the method further comprising:

displaying, using an at least partially electronic apparatus, the person identifier at the same time as at least one of;

a personnel assignment identifier related to at least one of the plurality of personnel assignments, or the state of the switch.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the method further comprising at least one of:

setting the state of the switch, or determining the state of the switch.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, further comprising performing a business process involving the person and an organization, wherein the processing the pay rate and benefit data is part of the business process.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein, for each of the plurality of personnel assignments, the business process is configured to:

tax the payroll payment according to a tax rate associated with the personnel assignment, and

process a termination request for the-personnel assignment.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the business process is at least partially performed by a human resources department of the organization.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the method further comprising at least one of:

receiving search parameters by the first set of the computer program instructions, the search parameters comprising at least one of;

a value of the person identifier, or a value of a personnel assignment identifier associated with the personnel assignment;

or

searching, by the first set of the computer program instructions, data comprising a plurality of person identifiers and personnel assignments, wherein search parameters comprise at least one of;

a value of the person identifier, or a value of the personnel assignment identifier.