Computer-implemented methods and system for automatic time tracking
AssigneeInspira AI Corp
InventorBenjamin Traub
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically tracking worker time to specific tasks, making the tracking both more convenient and less prone to errors. Two embodiments are disclosed: Indexable File Name; and Folder Content Index. Both methods rely on the collection of “focus data,” defined as data that describes what a worker is focused on at any moment in time, on their computing device. This is sometimes referred to as “active window' data,” as it relates to the window on the device that is active or currently in focus.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for automatic time tracking, comprising:
- establishing a convention for file names comprising unique task metadata;
- naming a plurality of files or URLs according to the established convention;
- digitally storing an index of the plurality of files or URLs;
- measuring, at a worker computing device, an active window during at least one time interval;
- matching one or more active windows, measured over the at least one time interval, to the at least one file or URL;
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- tabulating the time spent by the worker based on at least one unique task metadata component of the one or more active windows matched to the at least one file.
A computer-implemented method for automatic time tracking, comprising:
- creating at least one folder for a task in a digital file system;
- storing at least one file, with unique metadata, inside the at least one folder;
- creating a folder-to-task index;
- creating a file-to-task index based on a file-to-folder index and a storage location of the file;
- matching the active window, measured over at least one time interval, to the at least one file;
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- tabulating total time spent by the worker by the file-to-task index.
A system for automatic time tracking, comprising:
- at least one display device associated with, and communicatively connected, to a computing device used by a worker;
- a database stored on a computer-readable medium;
- and
- at least one processor operative to:
- measure, at the computing device used by a worker, the active window over at least one interval of time;
- and
- match the active window, measured over the at least one interval of time, to the at least one file stored in the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.