Method and system for work scheduling on calendars to establish day state information

US7958003B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Peter De Vries · Seattle, US
• Jonathan S. Kaufthal · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/109
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of and system for handling allocation of task work to resources with flexibly configured availability contours (work calendars) is disclosed. The method includes defining one or more base calendars, a resource calendar associated with each resource, wherein the resource calendar inherits from a base calendar. A calendar reader, a set of recurring exception records, and a set of effective weeks for each calendar are also defined. For a specific date, the method determines whether an exception exists in one of the base calendar and resource calendar, and if an exception exists, computes a cached effective week honoring the exception data from an associated recurring exception record. If an exception does not exist, a cached effective week for the resource is computed from a combination of the calendar's standard week and associated effective week records.