Patent ID: 8181181
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of scheduling for a user, the method comprising: retrieving a work capacity of the user, wherein the work capacity comprises working hours of the user; retrieving a plurality of prescheduled future events of the user, each prescheduled future event comprising a predetermined date and a predetermined starting time; retrieving a plurality of unscheduled enhanced tasks of the user; and optimizing a schedule for the user based on the work capacity, the plurality of prescheduled future events and the plurality of enhanced tasks of the user, wherein the optimizing the schedule comprises: wherein the unscheduled enhanced tasks that have no dependency on another unscheduled enhanced task comprise: one or more first enhanced tasks that have a deadline; and one or more second enhanced tasks that have no deadline; wherein the adding the unscheduled enhanced tasks that have no dependency on another unscheduled enhanced task to the schedule comprises: adding the first enhanced tasks as early in the schedule as possible; and adding the second enhanced tasks as early in the schedule as possible after the first enhanced tasks are added to the schedule; wherein the unscheduled enhanced tasks that have no dependency on another unscheduled enhanced task comprise one or more third enhanced tasks that are dependent on a scheduled task, further comprising adding each third enhanced task to the schedule to start after a corresponding depended on scheduled task is completed.