Patent ID: 7945464
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for determining one or more best matching resources, given a resource x and role F, in a hierarchical matrix-based workflow model, said system comprising: at least one computing device including at least one processor, the at least one computing device being operable to: identify a need, Y, within an organization that requires a resource x; define a role F as being a resource category that can fulfill identified need Y, where said role F is represented as a node in a hierarchy; automatically iteratively search up an organizational hierarchical tree for roles F, where the searching steps through organizational nodes where subsequent nodes return roles that represent nodes with increasing hierarchical standing; identify at each organizational hierarchical node links to other organizational nodes outside the current hierarchical tree; return at least one role F in said iterative search that ends when the top of the hierarchy is reached; compare each role F in the hierarchy with the specific requirements of need Y to determine which role F best matches said requirements; return a role F and comparing the role F with the specific requirements of need Y to determine which role F best matches requirements; and store or display the best matching resources that have been identified as candidates to fill need Y.