Patent ID: 7561533

Claim:
An event management system comprising: a global computer server configured to maintain a database containing records of events and event factors information, and a database containing optimization factors, and to determine for at least one event in the database a desired next event based on optimization factors; a local computer server adapted to connect to said global server, and configured to receive from said global computer server information about said desired next event and to periodically transmit to said global computer server information for events processed by said local computer server; and a portable input device adapted to connect to said local server, and configured to receive from said local computer server information about said desired event and provide instructions, based on the server information, to a user of the portable input device for execution of the desired event by the user, to collect information about events input into the portable input device by the user, and to transmit said collected event information to said local computer server; wherein the global computer server queries the event factors information upon receiving an inquiry from the portable input device for the desired next event and, if event factors information related to the desired next event has been updated, redetermines the desired next event.