Patent ID: 8869053

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: causing a view engine in a portable electronic device, to obtain workforce information from a remote centralized storage medium, the workforce information relating to an absent employee and comprising employee-specific information selected from an employee preference; causing the view engine to display the workforce information on the portable electronic device to a user comprising a supervisor; causing the view engine to receive input from the user to change the workforce information; communicating updated workforce information reflecting an absence of the absent employee, from the portable electronic device to the remote centralized storage medium; in response to the updated workforce information, causing the view engine to receive from the remote centralized storage medium, a call list comprising contact information for an appropriate replacement employee based upon the employee preference; causing the portable electronic device to display the call list to the user; causing the view engine to provide an alert view for the user to create an alert identifying another supervisor based upon a conditional event comprising an unexpected presence at work of a replacement employee of the other supervisor indicated by a failure of the replacement employee to clock out; and causing the view engine to automatically send out the alert to the other supervisor based upon the updated workforce information satisfying the conditional event.