Patent ID: 9378476
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for allowing staff members to submit schedule modification requests using a schedule modification interface which indicates requests which would be automatically accepted, wherein the method is performed for a staff member after a schedule for the staff member is generated, the schedule for the staff member comprising a time span covering a plurality of future time periods, being generated based on demand information from a workforce management system comprising, for each future time period from the plurality of future time periods, a projection of demand for work by the staff member during that future time period, and the plurality of future time periods comprising a set of scheduled time periods during which the staff member is contractually obligated to perform tasks for an employer, the method comprising a set of tasks performed by a computer, the set of tasks comprising: a) after the schedule is generated and after a schedule modification interface request is received from a remote computing device associated with the staff member, the computer identifying one or more selectable activities for the staff member, wherein: b) generating, in response to the schedule modification interface request, a set of data operable to configure the remote computing device associated with the staff member to present the schedule modification interface, wherein the schedule modification interface: c) receiving, via the schedule modification interface, the schedule change request, wherein the schedule change request requests that a selectable activity from the identified one or more selectable activities be added to the schedule for the staff member during a time period from the set of available time periods for that selectable activity; d) based on receiving the schedule change request and by executing a set of instructions stored in a memory using a processor: