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US 7,406,441 B2Granted
System and method for online human resource outsourcing and portal access
AssigneeACS HR Solutions LLC
InventorsEddy H. Kimura, Shane Hopkins
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Abstract
An system and method for online human resource outsourcing is provided via online and through portal access such as obtained when utilizing wireless applications.
Claims16
A method for managing and delivering employee benefits to reduce cost to at least one employer for administration of a human resource function, comprising:
- a. at least temporarily storing information provided by the at least one employer indicative of interests of respective employees;
- b. processing the stored information such that the employees are organized into at least one buying pool based on common ones of the interests;
- c. at least temporarily storing information relating to vendors of employee benefits;
- d. obtaining a discount for employee benefits provided by the vendors by matching the common interests upon which the buying pool is based with the stored information relating to vendors;
- e. calculating a percentage of the discount to be deducted from the cost of the benefit to the employee to determine a discounted price for the benefit;
- f. offering the benefit for the employee at the discounted price via a portal web site;
- and
- g. providing an employer portion of the discount to the at least one employer to reduce administration cost;
- wherein at least steps a, b, c, and e are performed using at least one networked computer system.
6 more elements
A method for managing employee benefits to reduce cost to at least one employer for administration of a human resource function, comprising:
- a. providing a portal web site for managing the employee benefits;
- b. receiving employee information provided by the at least one employer indicative of interests of respective employees;
- c. organizing the employees into at least one buying pool based on common ones of the interests;
- d. procuring a discount against a cost of a product from at least one vendor for the employees in the buying pool by matching the common interests upon which the buying pool is based with stored information relating to at least one vendor;
- e. offering the product with an employee portion of the discount at the portal web site to employees in the buying pool;
- and
- f. providing an employer portion of the discount to the at least one employer to reduce administration cost;
- wherein at least steps b, c, and d are performed using at least one networked computer system.
5 more elements
A method for managing and delivering employee benefits to reduce cost to at least one employer for administration of a human resource function, comprising:
- providing a benefits coordinator computer system with a portal web site for managing the employee benefits;
- receiving employee information indicative of interests of respective employees at the benefits coordinator computer system from at least one employer computer system;
- organizing the employees into at least one buying pool based on common ones of the interests;
- procuring a discount from a vendor computer system for the employees of the buying pool by matching the common interests upon which the buying pool is based with stored information relating to at least one vendor;
- offering the product with an employee portion of the discount at the portal web site to employees in the buying pool;
- and
- providing an employer portion of the discount to the at least one employer to reduce administration cost.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.