Patent ID: 8370186
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A centralized web-based system for managing appointments, the system comprising: a processor coupled to a memory; a user interface that interacts with one or more users to display one or more items based on user input; a centralized management module connected to the user interface and the processor and configured to receive data related to scheduling an appointment, determine one or more possible appointments based on the data, present the one or more possible appointments, receive a user selection from the one or more possible appointments, and schedule the appointment based on the user selection, wherein the centralized management module is further configured as the exclusive mechanism to centrally manage employee information for a plurality of partner entities, wherein the employee information comprises at least one of personal information, employee schedule, employee services, employee availability, and employee history of transactions and wherein the management module is centrally integrated with a payroll function to manage a plurality of employees associated with the plurality of partner entities using the centralized management module; and one or more databases configured to store appointment information, wherein the one or more databases are connected to the management module and wherein the data comprises a date and time slot and at least one of a facility, a service, and a servicer.