Time card recorder and method for identifying employee work schedule
US4506274A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 3, 1983 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/109
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A time card recorder for recording an employee's clocking times, such as his clocking-in and clocking-out times at the beginning and end of a work period, upon a time card and for indicating a relationship between such clocking times and a working schedule which has been assigned to that employee. The time card recorder includes apparatus for storing each of a plurality of possible working schedules and apparatus for reading a symbol from the employee's time card which identifies the working schedule associated with that card. The symbol is the same for a plurality of time cards of different employees associated with the same working schedule.
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