US 2024/0177098 A1Published application

User interfaces with auto-population tools for time tracking using mobile devices

AssigneeIntuit Inc.

InventorAndrew MALIWAUKI

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Abstract

A mobile device application for time tracking provides a dynamic display that auto-populates descriptions (e.g., a job description, a task description) for the hours to be entered. For instance, when a user clocks-in using the application, an auto-population engine executed by the mobile device analyzes the history of time entries by the user and generates a list of likely descriptions for the current entry. The list is displayed as selectable objects. When the user selects an object, the corresponding description is automatically added for the current time entry. The generated list may be based on information associated with the current time entry (e.g., time of day, location, etc.) and historical patterns of time entries. One or more machine learning models may be used to learn the historical patterns.

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Dependent claims

A method performed by a processor of a mobile device, said method comprising:

generating a graphical user interface comprising a selectable object to initiate time entry on a time tracking application;
in response to receiving a selection of the selectable object, executing an auto-population engine to determine a user-specific set of likely descriptions for the time entry based on the user's history of time entries, including a learned pattern of a sequential organization of the time entries by the user;
auto-populating the user-specific set of likely descriptions as a plurality of selectable options on a list for the user to enter the description for the time entry;
in response to receiving a selected option from the plurality of selectable options, starting a clocked-in session and associating the clocked-in session with a description corresponding to the selected option;
displaying, during the clocked-in session and on a timesheets view, a plurality of floating objects allowing the user to perform at least one of pausing the clocked-in session, ending the clocked-in session, or switching a current job to another job;
and
in response to receiving a selection of a floating object of the plurality of floating objects, performing at least one of pausing the clocked-in session, ending the clocked-in session, or switching the current job to another job.

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A system comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium storing computer program instructions;
and
one or more processors configured to execute the computer program instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
generating a graphical user interface comprising a selectable object to initiate a time entry on a time tracking application;
in response to receiving a selection of the selectable object, executing an auto-population engine to determine a user-specific set of likely descriptions for the time entry based on the user's history of time entries, including a learned pattern of a sequential organization of the time entries by the user, the sequential organization indicating that a first previous time entry having a first description temporally precedes a second previous time entry having a second description;
determining by the auto-population engine that the time entry temporally follows a previous time entry having the first description;
auto-populating the set of likely descriptions as a plurality of selectable options on a list for the user to enter the description for the time entry;
and
in response to receiving a selected option from the plurality of selectable options, starting a clocked-in session and associating the clocked-in session with a description corresponding to the selected option;
displaying, during the clocked-in session and on a timesheets view, a plurality of floating objects allowing the user to perform at least one of pausing the clocked-in session, ending the clocked-in session, or switching a current job to another job;
and
in response to receiving a selection of a floating object of the plurality of floating objects, performing at least one of pausing the clocked-in session, ending the clocked-in session, or switching the current job to another job.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.