Vehicle technician time clock tool
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1. A vehicle technician time clock tool, comprising:
- a computer-implemented interface to a database, wherein the database contains vehicle service task-related information and time-related information, the vehicle service task-related information and time-related information pertaining to at least one vehicle technician; and
a computer-implemented graphical user display (GUI), wherein the GUI displays in real time at least some of the vehicle service task-related information, at least some of the time-related information, and at least one calculation based on at least some of the time-related information at at least one point in time after the at least one vehicle technician has begun work on the vehicle service task and before the at least one vehicle technician has finished work on the vehicle service task.
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Abstract
A vehicle technician time clock tool comprises a computer-implemented interface to a database, wherein the database contains vehicle service task-related information and time-related information, the vehicle service task-related information and time-related information pertaining to at least one vehicle technician, and a computer-implemented graphical user display (GUI), wherein the GUI displays in real time at least some of the vehicle service task-related information, at least some of the time-related information, and at least one calculation based on at least some of the time-related information.
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1. A vehicle technician time clock tool, comprising:
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a computer-implemented interface to a database, wherein the database contains vehicle service task-related information and time-related information, the vehicle service task-related information and time-related information pertaining to at least one vehicle technician; and a computer-implemented graphical user display (GUI), wherein the GUI displays in real time at least some of the vehicle service task-related information, at least some of the time-related information, and at least one calculation based on at least some of the time-related information at at least one point in time after the at least one vehicle technician has begun work on the vehicle service task and before the at least one vehicle technician has finished work on the vehicle service task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method of monitoring vehicle technician time clock information, comprising:
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connecting to a database; extracting from the database data corresponding to time clock entries made by a vehicle technician, wherein the time clock entries pertain to a vehicle service task; performing at least one time-related calculation on at least some of the data extracted from the database after the vehicle technician has begun work on the vehicle service task and before the vehicle technician has completed the vehicle service task; displaying at least some of the data extracted from the database; and displaying at least one result from the at least one performed time-related calculation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle technician time clock tool system, comprising:
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a computer-implemented interface to a database containing data fields corresponding to technician name, service identifier, job identifier, customer name, time left, elapsed technician time, elapsed total time, target time, and over/under time; a graphical display of the data fields, wherein display of the over/under time is a first color if the over/under time is positive and a second color if the over/under time is negative; and a reporting tool that calculates in real time at least one performance against target comparison. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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