# US 2020/0402018 A1 · Compensation modeling using plan collections > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0402018 A1 - Document ID: US20200402018A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/014,654 - Filed: 2020-09-08 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-29 - Assignees: Workday, Inc. - Applicants: Workday, Inc. - Inventors: Scott Colner; Peter Ryan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200402018A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/1057: Benefits or employee welfare, e.g. insurance, holiday or retirement packages - G06Q 40/06: Asset management; Financial planning or analysis - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A system for compensation modeling includes an interface and a processor. The interface is to receive live transactional compensation data. The system processor is to determine a set of compensation assignment plans based at least in part on the live transactional compensation data, determine a compensation model based at least in part on the set of compensation assignment plans, and provide the compensation model. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for compensation modeling, comprising: an interface to: receive live transactional compensation data, wherein the live transactional compensation data comprises a plurality of compensation factors associated with the an employee; and a processor to: determine, for the employee, an appropriate set of compensation assignment plans from a set of compensation plans based at least in part on the plurality of compensation factors associated with the employee; determine a compensation scheme corresponding to the employee based at least in part on the appropriate set of compensation assignment plans; provide a compensation model that is based on the compensation scheme, wherein the compensation model corresponding to the employee is configured to output a total compensation amount that is based on the corresponding amounts associated with each of the compensation assignment plans included in the appropriate set of compensation assignment plans. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the set of compensation plans comprises a fixed amount plan. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the set of compensation assignment plans comprises a percentage-based plan. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a first plan in the set of compensation plans comprises a dependency on a second plan in the set of compensation plans. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further to determine a plan type for a plan in the appropriate set of compensation assignment plans. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the processor is further to determine a processing order for the appropriate set of compensation assignment plans based at least in part on the plan type. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further to determine a processing order for the appropriate set of compensation assignment plans based at least in part on plan dependencies. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further to determine dependencies within the appropriate set of compensation assignment plans. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further to determine a processing order for the set of compensation assignment plans. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein to determine the compensation scheme, the processor is configured to assign a value to a plan based at least in part on the processing order. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a compensation scheme of the compensation model is based at least in part on a total compensation value. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the compensation model is configured to model an employee hire. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the compensation model is configured to model an employee total compensation change. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the compensation model is configured to model an employee position change. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the compensation model is configured to model a change between multiple hypothetical compensation scenarios. ### Claim 16 A method, comprising: receiving live transactional compensation data, wherein the live transactional compensation data comprises a plurality of compensation factors associated with the an employee; determining, for the employee, an appropriate set of compensation assignment plans from a set of compensation plans based at least in part on the plurality of compensation factors associated with the employee; determining a compensation scheme corresponding to the employee based at least in part on the appropriate set of compensation assignment plans; and providing a compensation model that is based on the compensation scheme, wherein the compensation model corresponding to the employee is configured to output a total compensation amount that is based on the corresponding amounts associated with each of the compensation assignment plans included in the appropriate set of compensation assignment plans. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the set of compensation assignment plans comprises a fixed amount plan. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the set of compensation assignment plans comprises a percentage-based plan. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein a first plan in the set of compensation assignment plans comprises a dependency on a second plan in the set of compensation assignment plans. ### Claim 20 A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for: receiving live transactional compensation data, wherein the live transactional compensation data comprises a plurality of compensation factors associated with the an employee; determining, for the employee, an appropriate set of compensation assignment plans from a set of compensation plans based at least in part on the plurality of compensation factors associated with the employee; determining a compensation scheme corresponding to the employee based at least in part on the appropriate set of compensation assignment plans; and providing a compensation model that is based on the compensation scheme, wherein the compensation model corresponding to the employee is configured to output a total compensation amount that is based on the corresponding amounts associated with each of the compensation assignment plans included in the appropriate set of compensation assignment plans.