Patent ID: 7373339

Claim:
A method, comprising: selecting a first set of attributes from a personnel database; selecting a second set of attributes from an organizational database; selecting a third set of attributes from a budgetary database; wherein the personnel database, the organizational database, and the budgetary database are distinct; forming a query from the first set of attributes, the second set of attributes and the third set of attributes; searching a separate job index key number database using the query, wherein the job index key number database comprises one or more predetermined job index key numbers and wherein each job index key number stored in the job index key number database comprises a unique identifier that identifies a unique combination of personnel, organizational and budgetary attributes; determining if any job index key number stored in the job index key number database matches the query; if at least one job index key number matches the query: searching a job index key number description database for at least one job index key number job description that matches the at least one job index key number matching the query, wherein the job index key number description database comprises one or more predetermined job index key number job descriptions that correspond to the one or more predetermined job index key numbers; outputting the at least one job index key number matching the query; and outputting the at least one job index key number job description that matches the at least one job index key number matching the query.