Tasking, invoicing, and reporting methods
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorTina Lance
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Abstract
Methods and systems for managing projects and budgets, such as advertising projects and budgets, in a database, and generating reports corresponding to data stored in the database. Actions may include associating tasks with a project in a dependent many-to-one relationship; associating budget categories with the tasks in a one-to-many relationship; associating resource with projects in a non-specific relationship; and generating reports about at least one of the tasks, budget categories associated with the tasks, and invoices associated with the tasks, based on user-supplied criteria. Indicia of each relationship may be stored in the database.
Claims18
A method for managing projects in a database, the method comprising:
- associating tasks with a project in a dependent many-to-one relationship;
- and
- associating budget categories with the tasks in a one-to-many relationship.
A method for managing projects in a database, the method comprising:
- associating resources with projects in a non-specific relationship;
- associating the resources with cost categories in a non-specific relationship;
- and
- associating the resources with rates in a one-to-many relationship.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory, the memory containing programs for managing projects in a database, which, when executed using the processor, perform steps comprising:
- associating tasks with a project in a dependent many-to-one relationship;
- and
- associating budget categories with the tasks in a one-to-many relationship.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory, the memory containing programs for managing projects in a database, which, when executed using the processor, perform steps comrpising:
- associating resources with projects in a non-specific relationship;
- associating the resources with cost categories in a non-specific relationship;
- and
- associating the resources with rates in a one-to-many relationship.
A computer-readable medium containing instructions for performing a method of managing projects in a database, the method comprising:
- associating tasks with a project in a dependent many-to-one relationship;
- and
- associating budget categories with the tasks in a one-to-many relationship.
A computer-readable medium containing instructions for performing a method of managing projects in a database, the method comprising:
- associating resources with projects in a non-specific relationship;
- associating the resources with cost categories in a non-specific relationship;
- and
- associating the resources with rates in a one-to-many relationship.
A method for managing projects in a database, the method comprising:
- associating tasks with a project in a dependent many-to-one relationship;
- associating budget categories with the tasks in a one-to-many relationship;
- associating resource with projects in a non-specific relationship;
- associating the resources with cost categories in a non-specific relationship;
- associating the resources with rates in a one-to-many relationship;
- and
- generating reports corresponding to at least one of the tasks, budget categories associated with the tasks, or invoices associated with the tasks, based on user-entered criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.