US 2016/0078390 A1 · GOAL AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PERFORMABLE AT UNLIMITED TIMES AND PLACES

Abstract

A mobile application enables employees to manage their goals and track their performance at any time, and from any place. A mobile device such as a tablet computer or a smart phone can download goal information over the Internet from a remote server. The mobile device can provide user interfaces through which its user can work on the goal. The mobile device can upload the result of the work performed on the mobile device to the remote server. The mobile application also enables an employee to augment his or her goal and performance data using data from third-party systems. The data from the third party systems can be incorporated into the goal and performance data as evidence of the employee progressing toward his goals. For example, such data from a third-party system might include tweets from a Twitter feed, or stock prices from a NASDAQ ticker feed.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

establishing, at a mobile device, a first connection to a remote server;
downloading, over the first connection from the remote server to the mobile device, one or more goals for a user;
downloading, over the first connection from the remote server to the mobile device, performance data related to the one or more goals;
storing the one or more goals on the mobile device;
storing the performance data on the mobile device;
terminating the first connection between the mobile device and the remote server after downloading the goals and the performance data;
receiving user input at the mobile device after terminating the first connection;
modifying the performance data stored on the mobile device based on the user input;
after modifying the performance data, establishing, at the mobile device, a second connection to the remote server;
and
uploading the performance data over the second connection from the mobile device to the remote server.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage memory storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

establishing, at a mobile device, a first connection to a remote server;
downloading, over the first connection from the remote server to the mobile device, one or more goals for a user;
downloading, over the first connection from the remote server to the mobile device, performance data related to the one or more goals;
storing the one or more goals on the mobile device;
storing the performance data on the mobile device;
terminating the first connection between the mobile device and the remote server after downloading the goals and the performance data;
receiving user input at the mobile device after terminating the first connection;
modifying the performance data stored on the mobile device based on the user input;
after modifying the performance data, establishing, at the mobile device, a second connection to the remote server;
and
uploading the performance data over the second connection from the mobile device to the remote server.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Goal and performance management performable at unlimited times and places

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Goal and performance management performable at unlimited times and places

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Abstract

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