Patent ID: 7376647
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for allocating costs of a company, the method comprising: providing a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server, the server communicating via a network with a plurality of client computers, each client computer running a browser; storing a company profile, including information on a plurality of activities performed by employees of the company and information about employees of the company; displaying a survey including a list of the plurality of activities performed by employees of the company on the browser of at least one of the plurality of client computers, the survey further including input fields for receiving data entered by a user of the at least one of the plurality of client computers; receiving inputs entered into said input fields from the at least one of the plurality of client computers, the inputs comprising a plurality of relative rankings of the plurality of activities performed by an employee; displaying the plurality of relative rankings on a computer monitor; calculating an employee cost of each activity of the plurality of activities based on the received plurality of relative rankings, wherein the plurality of relative rankings are based on the plurality of activities being ranked according to a first amount of time an employee spends to perform a corresponding first activity of the plurality of activities relative to other amounts of time the employee spends to perform the other activities of the plurality of activities, and the calculating includes converting each relative ranking of the received plurality of relative rankings into a time the employee spends performing each corresponding activity; and displaying on the computer monitor the calculated employee cost of each activity of the plurality of activities.