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System and method for performing substitute fulfillment

  • US 9,760,860 B2
  • Filed: 04/05/2012
  • Issued: 09/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A position fulfillment system comprising:

  • one or more databases comprising;

    position records for positions of one or more organizations, the respective position records comprising required skill information for the respective positions and worksite location information for the respective positions; and

    worker records, the respective worker records having skill information for the respective workers;

    a server, comprising one or more computers, coupled for accessing the one or more databases, the server configured with program code, when executed, to;

    provide a respective worker web page from the server for each of multiple of the workers of the one or more organizations, each of the respective web pages accessed by a respective one of the respective workers with a respective personal identifier and that receives details of a future absence of the respective worker for his/her respective position;

    receive, from the server, information about a plurality of the respective positions to be filled at one or more locations associated with the one or more organizations, and update the one or more databases, the receive operation comprising received details of a future absence from a first one of the multiple workers;

    dynamically generate, from the server, a plurality of lists of one or more workers, each generated list comprising one or more workers qualified to fill one of the respective positions to be filled at one of the one or more locations, using the worker records associated with the respective workers and the position record for the respective position, wherein multiple of the lists comprise a plurality of workers, wherein a first one of the lists is generated for the position of the first worker after receiving the details of the future absence from the first worker, with the list based at least in part on the required skill information for the respective position of the first worker from the one or more databases;

    post offers for acceptance of the positions, from the server on a website, to multiple workers listed on the generated lists for the plurality of the positions, wherein the respective offers indicate directly or indirectly respective worksite locations for the respective positions;

    receive, from the server, on the website, an acceptance from one of the workers agreeing to fill the position of the first worker; and

    secure immediately, using the server, in response to the receiving the acceptance, the position of the first worker for the one worker, the securing comprising halting, at the server, on-going fulfillment processing of the position of the first worker with any other worker thereby denying/rejecting any acceptance from any other worker.

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