Automated rotation tool

US8260644B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd. · US

Inventors

• Alan B. Buckelew · Los Angeles, US
• Dean R. Brown · Lynnwood, US
• Mona Halprin Ehrenreich · Los Angeles, US
• Johannes Staudhammer Laue · Burbank, US
• Eric F. Alvarez · Arvin, US
• Nathan Chan · West Vancouver, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 26, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments provide a scheduling system structured for generating at least one posting to fill a vacant post on a schedule. In an embodiment, the scheduling system includes a scheduling database and an automated rotation tool. The scheduling database includes a personnel roster and a schedule. The schedule includes a vacant post. The scheduling database transmits the schedule and the personnel roster to the automated rotation tool. The automated rotation tool includes a computer system, and receives the personnel roster and the vacant post beginning within the vacancy window from the scheduling database, and also receives a rule, a parameter, and a vacancy window. The automated rotation tool generates a posting assigning a person from the personnel roster to the vacant post according to the rule and the parameter, and transmits the posting to the scheduling database.