Patent ID: 7367491

Claim:
A system for dynamically controlling attendance of a group of employees, the system comprising a corporation website, an application server, a database linking to the application server through a connection, and a plurality of client computers linking to the corporation website through a network, wherein the application server comprises: a master data management module for maintaining master data on the employees; an attendance management module for performing operations of recording an arrival time, a departure time and a work place of each employee,calculating actual work hours according to the arrival time and departure time for each employee, comparing the actual work hours to normal work hours specified in attendance requirements of the employee, and processing any abnormal attendance status; an information inquiry and analysis module for users to search for attendance records related to any or all of the emoloyees; and a report management module for generating corresponding attendance reports; wherein the attendance management module comprises: an attendance records generating sub-module for recording the arrival time, the departure time and the work place of each employee, in order to generate a current attendance record for the employee; an application form generating sub-module for providing various application forms for use by the employees under different circumstances; an attendance comparing sub-module for comparing the current attendance record to the attendance requirements specified for the employee; and an information transmitting sub-module for transmitting e-mails to corresponding employees and supervisors.