Patent ID: 8849688
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of routing task assignments to an assignee or to a delegate of the assignee, the method comprising the steps of: identifying, by a computer, a task assignment, wherein the task assignment does not require an assignee to be at a specified location to complete the task assignment; requesting, by the computer, an assignee availability from a mobile device of the assignee, wherein the assignee availability indicates whether an assignee is available to perform work on the task assignment; determining, by the mobile device of the assignee, the assignee availability, wherein the assignee availability is based at least in part on first information, the first information including the determining comprising comparing, by the mobile device, the first information to a sending criteria, the sending criteria comprising at least a velocity limit and a duration threshold, wherein exceeding the at least a velocity limit and a duration threshold indicates that the assignee is unavailable to perform work on the task, sending, by the mobile device and to the computer, the assignee availability; responsive to the assignee availability indicating that the assignee is available to perform work on the task assignment, sending, by the computer, a second information to the mobile device of the assignee; and responsive to the assignee availability indicating that the assignee is not available to perform work on the task assignment, sending, by the computer, the second information to a delegate of the assignee.