Method and system for monitoring employee availability
OwnerJ. Brian Searlesinventor
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Abstract
A method and system for monitoring availability of a plurality of units is provided. A list is maintained identifying the plurality of units, including a notation to indicate whether each unit is unavailable. An electronic identification of a particular one of the units is accepted, from which it is determined whether the list includes the notation that the particular unit is unavailable. If it does include that notation, the list is automatically modified to remove the notation. If it does not include the notation, information is collected to specify unavailability of the particular unit.
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A method for monitoring availability of a plurality of units, the method comprising:
- maintaining a list identifying the plurality of units, such list including a notation indicating whether each such unit is unavailable;
- accepting an electronic identification of a particular one of the plurality of units;
- determining whether the list includes the notation that the particular unit is unavailable;
- automatically modifying the list to remove the notation that the particular unit is unavailable if it is determined that the particular unit is unavailable;
- and
- collecting information specifying unavailability of the particular unit if it is determined that the particular unit is not unavailable.
A computer-readable storage medium having a computer-readable program embodied therein for monitoring availability of a plurality of units in accordance with the following:
- maintaining a list identifying the plurality of units, such list including a notation indicating whether each such unit is unavailable;
- accepting an electronic identification of a particular one of the plurality of units;
- determining whether the list includes the notation that the particular unit is unavailable;
- modifying the list to remove the notation that the particular unit is unavailable if it is determined that the particular unit is unavailable;
- and
- collecting information specifying unavailability of the particular unit if it is determined that the particular unit is not unavailable.
A computer system comprising:
- a storage device;
- and
- a processor in communication with an input device, a display device, and the storage device, the processor configured to execute instructions for monitoring the availability of a plurality of units in accordance with the following:
- maintaining a list on the storage device identifying the plurality of units, such list including a notation indicating whether each such unit is unavailable;
- accepting an identification from the input device of a particular one of the plurality of units;
- determining whether the list includes the notation that the particular unit is unavailable;
- modifying the list to remove the notation that the particular unit is unavailable if it is determined that the particular unit is unavailable;
- collecting information specifying unavailability of the particular unit if it is determined that the particular unit is not unavailable;
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- displaying the list on the display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.