Patent ID: 6047297
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
For a management system for creating and editing a sequence of a plurality of actual work records, each of the actual work records comprising a start date, an end date, and a work amount, a method for adding a new period actual to the sequence of actual work records, wherein the new period actual comprises a period actual start date, a period actual end date, and a period actual work amount, the method comprising the steps of:(a) receiving the period actual start date and the period actual end date for the new period actual;(b) receiving the period actual work amount for the new period actual;(c) determining whether any of the actual work records overlap the new period actual;(d) if so, eliminating any overlap between the overlapping actual work records and the new period actual by:determining the ratio of non-overlapping working time of the overlapping actual work record to the total working time for the overlapping actual work record;multiplying the ratio by a work value of the overlapping actual work record to obtain a new work value for the overlapping actual work record;replacing the work value of the overlapping actual work record with the new work value;if the period actual start date was overlapped, editing an end date of the overlapping actual work record to be equal to the day before the period actual start date; andif the period actual end date was overlapped, editing a start date of the overlapping actual work record to be equal to the day after the period actual start date; and(e) adding the new period actual to the sequence of actual work records.