Mobile collaborative workforce scheduling
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsRamin Bagheri, Kouros Behzad
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Abstract
Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and software for mobile collaborative workforce scheduling. An apparatus can include at least one processor and a storage device, a work schedule saved to the storage device, a communications module operable to communicate the work schedule to a plurality of mobile devices and receive a request to change the work schedule from the mobile devices, and a user interface module to execute on the processor and to provide authorized personnel access to operations performed by the at least one processor, the operations including approving and denying the request to change the work schedule.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor and a storage device;
- a work schedule saved to the storage device;
- a communications module operable to communicate the work schedule to a plurality of mobile devices and receive a request to change the work schedule from the mobile devices;
- and
- a user interface module executable by the at least one processor to provide authorized personnel access to operations performed by the at least one processor, the operations including approving and denying the request to change the work schedule.
A method comprising:
- sending a work schedule to a plurality of mobile devices;
- receiving a request to change the work schedule;
- receiving data indicating if the request to change the work schedule is accepted;
- updating the schedule via a programmed processor in response to accepting the work schedule change;
- and
- broadcasting the updated work schedule via a communications module to the plurality of mobile devices.
A computer readable storage device including instructions stored thereon, the instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- sending a work schedule to a plurality of mobile devices;
- receiving a request to change the work schedule;
- receiving data indicating if the request to change the work schedule is accepted;
- updating the schedule via a programmed processor in response to accepting the work schedule change;
- and
- broadcasting the updated work schedule via a communications module to the plurality of mobile devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.