Patent ID: 8041696

Claim:
A method for displaying information from a database, said method comprising the steps of: accessing a data repository via a data connection; displaying data from said data repository with an interface, the data including a list of inventor ideas; allowing said displayed data to be characterized as scheduling and statistical data; receiving a strength parameter and a readiness parameter from at least one inventor, the strength parameter representing an inventor-perceived value to a company of the inventor of at least one idea of the inventor ideas, and the readiness parameter indicating how close the idea is to final form and submission; and moving the idea within the list with a processor, the idea moved within the list based on the strength parameter and the readiness parameter; displaying workloads of invention evaluation boards, the invention evaluation boards including reviewers of invention disclosures; and determining, based on the workloads of the invention evaluation boards, whether to perform one of: combining a select invention evaluation board with at least one additional invention evaluation board to form a single invention evaluation board; dividing the select invention evaluation board into at least two separate invention evaluation boards; and increasing a workload of the select invention evaluation board.