Method and system for monitoring achievement and attainment and calculating compensation via time-based organization hierarchies

US8027869B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siebel Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Daniel T. Chang · San Jose, US
• Pasan Rukmal Sirisena · San Mateo, US
• Xin Wang · Sichuan, CN
• Tao Gui · Foster City, US
• Charles Shagong · Menlo Park, US
• Alexander Goldstein · Foster City, US
• Steve Apfelberg · Menlo Park, US
• Marc Verbeek · Foster City, US
• Tarri Furlong · San Leandro, US
• Ashley Stirrup · Burlingame, US
• Ajay Sabhlok · Fremont, US
• Martin Renaud · Granby, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/1097
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, system, and article of manufacture for defining and managing instances of time-based organization hierarchies, and for monitoring achievement and attainment, and calculating compensation for individuals and/or groups within instances of the time-based organization hierarchies are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a user may define and/or manage one or more instances of the time-based organization hierarchy via a user interface generated on a client. Moreover, and in response to a sales data input corresponding to a transaction, an achievement and attainment monitoring process may then be executed to accumulate transaction data in one or more achievement containers, and to compile achievement containers from a specified attainment period to calculate a user's attainment. In addition, an embodiment also provides for implementation of a compensation calculation process that may utilize the transaction data accumulated in the achievement containers to calculate an individual's compensation for a specified compensation period.