Patent ID: 7503480
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07C,G07F,G07G,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating performance tracking comprising: creating a project task, associated with a resource, using a user interface, the project task having a predetermined completion time; assigning the project task to an application assigned to at least one application category, the at least one application category associated with a level of skill to perform the project task; using a transponder, presented by the resource, to communicate a transponder identifier to a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader via a radio frequency signal; communicating the transponder identifier from the reader to a resource engine; associating the transponder identifier with a first time value and a resource identifier corresponding to the resource; using the transponder to communicate the transponder identifier to the reader for a second time; communicating the transponder identifier from the reader to the resource engine for a second time; associating the transponder identifier with a second time value and the resource identifier corresponding to the resource; computing a task work time representing a time period that the resource was in a work environment, based at least on the first time value and the second time value; associating the resource identifier and the task work time with the project task in the resource engine; and comparing the predetermined completion time with the task work time.