Patent ID: 6789089
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G09B,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer-based automatic planning method comprising the steps:providing a work record having at least one work data element; translating each of the work data element into at least one first course element; providing a school record having a plurality of second course elements; comparing each of the first course elements against each of the second course elements; listing each of the second course elements that having been matched by a first course element in a first section and listing each of the second course elements that have not been matched by a first course element in a second section; and wherein each of the second course elements is subdivided in a required course type and an elective course type, such that each of the first course elements has a first amount associated therewith and each of the second course elements of the elective course type has a second amount and an accumulator associated therewith, and wherein each of the first course elements is first compared against each second course element of the required course type and if no match is made, the first course element is compared against each of the second course elements of the elective course type and if a match is made, entering the first amount of the first course element into the accumulator of the second course element, and after all comparisons are made, for each of the second course elements of the elective course type wherein the accumulator is at least equal to the second amount of the second course element, listing the second course element in the first section and if the accumulator is less than the second amount, listing the second course element in the first section along with the accumulator and also listing the second course element alone with the difference between the second amount and the accumulator.