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US 2009/0157492 A1Published application
Trainee Incentive and Reward Method
AssigneeThe Bill Sims Company
InventorWilliam Sims, JR.
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Abstract
The invention is a method and system that provides for efficiently incentivising and rewarding employees for their successful use of a training system or other employer defined metrics by utilizing Smartcard® cards and You Did It Right® cards. Successful demonstration of training and performance metrics is rewarded through such rewards as gift cards or discount coupons redeemable for goods and/or services at retail/service centers.
Claims25
A method of training and rewarding a trainee comprising the steps of:
- Step 1) providing an incentive company, a client company, a plurality of employees of said client company, a plurality of unique employee ID numbers, each of said employee ID numbers linked to a single employee, an interactive input response device, and a redemption center;
- Step 2) said incentive company providing a training module and a rewards package to said client company;
- Step 3) said client company providing a plurality of instruction opportunities to said employees, said instruction opportunities having been provided to said client company as part of the training module in step 2, said instruction opportunities offering employees a plurality of important nuggets of information;
- Step 4) said client company providing a plurality of testing opportunities to said employees wherein the information contained in said instruction opportunities provided in step 3 is tested;
- Step 5) said client company providing a reward to said employees for a satisfactory completion of the testing in step 4, said client company having been provided with said rewards as part of said rewards package provided in step 2;
- Step 6) said employee redeeming the reward from said redemption center;
- Step 7) said incentive company compiling a plurality of statistics through the aggregation of data related to employee completion of testing of said plurality testing opportunities provided in and tested in step 4;
- Step 8) said incentive company analyzing said statistics compiled in step 7;
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- Step 9) said incentive company reporting said statistics compiled in step 7 and analyzed in step 8 to said client company in the form of a feedback report.
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A method for training and rewarding a trainee comprising:
- Step 1) providing an employee, providing said employee with an employee ID number, providing a supervisor of said employee, providing the supervisor of said employee with an employee ID number, providing an interactive input response device, providing a network system computer that is linked to the input response device, and providing a set of training metrics;
- Step 2) training the employee based on the training metrics;
- Step 3) providing the supervisor with a plurality of You Did It Right! cards, said You Did It Right! cards having a space for the supervisor to enter the supervisor's employee ID number, a space for the supervisor to enter the employee's employee ID number, and a check box listed next to each one of said training metrics;
- Step 4) observing the employee by the supervisor for demonstration of training learned in step 2;
- Step 5) filling out the You Did It Right! card by the supervisor;
- Step 6) issuing the You Did It Right! card to the employee by the supervisor;
- Step 7) accessing the interactive input response device by the employee;
- Step 8) entering the respective employee ID numbers and checked training metrics by the employee into the interactive input response device;
- Step 9) calculating the value and type of reward to be given to the employee by the network system computer;
- Step 10) issuing the employee a reward;
- Step 11) repeating steps 1 through steps 10;
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- Step 12) collecting and analyzing a plurality of statistics on the number of You Did It Right! cards issued.
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A method for training and rewarding a trainee comprising:
- Step 1) providing an employee, providing said employee with an employee ID number, providing an interactive input response device, providing a network system computer that is linked to the input response device, and providing a set of training metrics;
- Step 2) providing the employee with a SmartCard, said SmartCard having displayed thereon a list of the training metrics and a unique identification number;
- Step 3) loading the network system computer with a code that tests the training metrics;
- Step 4) accessing the interactive input response device by the employee;
- Step 5) entering the employee ID number and the unique identification number of the SmartCard;
- Step 6) taking a test via the interactive input response device that is being run on the network system computer;
- Step 7) scoring the test by the network system computer;
- Step 9) calculating the value and type of reward to be given to the employee who has passed the test of step 7 by the network system computer;
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- Step 10) issuing the employee a reward.
- Step 11) repeating steps 1 through steps 10;
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- Step 12) collecting and analyzing a plurality of statistics on the number of SmartCards used and the number of tests passed.
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A method for training a trainee and rewarding a supervisor of a trainee comprising:
- Step 1) providing an employee, providing said employee with an employee ID number, providing a supervisor of said employee, providing the supervisor of said employee with an employee ID number, providing an interactive input response device, providing a network system computer that is linked to the input response device, and providing a set of training metrics;
- Step 2) training the employee based on the training metrics;
- Step 3) providing the supervisor with a plurality of you-did-it-wrong cards, said you-did-it-wrong cards having a space for the supervisor to enter the supervisor's employee ID number, a space for the supervisor to enter the employee's employee ID number, and a check box listed next to each one of said training metrics in which the employee failed to comply;
- Step 4) observing the employee by the supervisor for failure to demonstrate one or more of the of training metrics learned in step 2;
- Step 5) filling out the you-did-it-wrong card by the supervisor;
- Step 6) issuing the you-did-it-wrong card to the employee by the supervisor;
- Step 7) accessing the interactive input response device by the supervisor;
- Step 8) entering the respective employee ID numbers and checked training metrics by the supervisor into the interactive input response device;
- Step 9) calculating the value and type of reward to be given to the supervisor by the network system computer;
- Step 10) issuing the supervisor a reward;
- Step 11) repeating steps 1 through steps 10;
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- Step 12) collecting and analyzing a plurality of statistics on the number of you-did-it-wrong cards issued.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.