2313 results about "Task management" patented technology

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assisting with automated task management. In one embodiment, an apparatus for assisting a user in the execution of a task, where the task includes one or more workflows required to accomplish a goal defined by the user, includes a task learner for creating new workflows from user demonstrations, a workflow tracker for identifying and tracking the progress of a current workflow executing on a machine used by the user, a task assistance processor coupled to the workflow tracker, for generating a suggestion based on the progress of the current workflow, and a task executor coupled to the task assistance processor, for manipulating an application on the machine used by the user to carry out the suggestion.

A task management system including a task server linking a plurality of system users, including at least one task definer, at least one task requestor and at least one task fulfiller all linked over a communications link. The task server includes a task processor for processing tasks, a task memory for storing task definitions and one or more graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for interfacing the system users to the task server to facilitate operation of said task processing system. The GUIs include task view interfaces, task fulfiller interfaces, which are used by task requesters and task fulfillers to request and fulfill tasks, respectively. The GUIs also include a plurality of administrative editor interfaces, which are used by task definers to define, group and sequence tasks.

PCT No. PCT / AU97 / 00018 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 30, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 30, 1998 PCT Filed Jan. 15, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97 / 27555 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 31, 1997A method is described of managing a plurality of tasks to be carried out by a plurality of personnel, each of the tasks having identified task details relevant thereto, in which the method includes: identifying task personnel who will be directly involved in carrying out each task; allocating sole responsibility for each task to a task controller, and transferring task details to and / or between task personnel and controllers such that task details relevant to a task are provided to and accessible by only the task controller and the task personnel for the task; wherein recommendations for modifying task details relevant to a task can only be made by task personnel for the task, and wherein a task or task details for a task can only be modified by the task controller for the task and / or an administrator, the method utilizes a data processing assembly operable under the control of program means embodied on a machine-readable storage medium that provides a task management system for coordinating the plurality of tasks, and the task management system includes: transfer means for transferring the task details to and / or between the task personnel and controllers; recommendation protocol means for establishing a protocol that the recommendations for modifying task details relevant to a task can only be made by the task personnel for the task, and modification protocol means for establishing a protocol that the modifications to a task or the task details for a task can only be made by the task controller for the task and / or the administrator.

A task management system for providing a graphically displayable worklist having one or more rows of work items, one or more of the work items each representing one or more data rows to be worked from one or more application data tables that are not a task object table of the task management system, the task management system comprising a task database having at least one task object, a first dedicated task object in said task database, said first dedicated task object having a second metadata associated therewith for graphically displaying information related to said first dedicated task object, a first view object having a first set of instructions for determining a first plurality of data rows of the one or more application data tables and a second set of instructions for creating a first association between each data row of said first plurality of data rows and said first dedicated task object, and a display generator for using said second metadata in initiating generation of display data representing a display image presenting a worklist, said worklist having a first one or more rows of application data table work items, each of said first one or more rows of application data table work items representing at least one data row of said first plurality of data rows.

Various systems and methods for managing electronic discovery are provided. In one example, a method for facilitating a cross-team, role-based workflow for task management on a computing device comprises sending a project request to a business coordinator, the project request received from a legal / compliance team member, assigning work required by the project request to a discovery coordinator based on input received from the business coordinator, and performing the work required by the project request by assigning one or more projects to one or more collection / preservation teams based on input received from the discovery coordinator.

An electronic “To-Do” bar is provided in which displayed upcoming tasks, meetings, appointments and the like. The electronic To-Do bar is displayed in a lightweight menu of tasks, meetings and appointments and is displayed persistently in addition to other software functionality or user interfaces displayed on a user's computer display screen according to other software applications or other software functionality in use. A user is presented with an always-visible list of upcoming tasks, meetings and appointments without the need to launch a separate tasks application or calendar application to view upcoming tasks, meetings or appointments.

A system, method, service, user interface, and computer readable medium to integrate email and task management is disclosed. Users are provided with options to convert an email into a task, including one-click command options. Efficient triaging of incoming emails is supported. Integration with different email systems and third party services is also supported. Additionally, context aware operation supports features such as adapting operation for efficient use of mobile device in combination with desktop computers. An option is provided to convert an email into a To-Do item, which may include a contextually based reminder. Another option includes adding an email item to an electronic calendar.

A switch encapsulates incoming information using a header, and removes the header upon egress. The header is used by both distributed ingress nodes and within a distributed core to facilitate switching. The ingress and egress elements preferably support Ethernet or other protocol providing connectionless media with a stateful connection. Preferred switches include management protocols for discovering which elements are connected, for constructing appropriate connection tables, for designating a master element, and for resolving failures and off-line conditions among the switches. Secure data protocol (SDP), port to port (PTP) protocol, and active / active protection service (AAPS) are all preferably implemented. Systems and methods contemplated herein can advantageously use Strict Ring Topology (SRT), and conf configure the topology automatically. Components of a distributed switching fabric can be geographically separated by at least one kilometer, and in some cases by over 150 kilometers.

A task management system that inherit priority and that can reduce the queue operation required for transition to / return from a mutual exclusion awaiting state The task management system can execute a task without considering its priority, start or stop a server task and inherit priority without operating the dispatch queue. The task management system includes activity retaining information, context retaining information, and a dispatch queue used to select the highest priority task. Information on a task is divided and managed by the activity and the context, where each activity is inserted into / deleted from the dispatch queue. When the priority of a task is inherited by another task, only the correspondence between activity and context is changed.

A data processing system and method of task management within a self-managing application program including a number of tasks and a processing time monitor are disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, a selected portion of processing time is allocated to each of the tasks in the self-managing application and the tasks are executed by the data processing system. Utilizing the processing time monitor, a determination is periodically made whether an actual portion of processing time utilized by each of the tasks exceeds the selected portion of processing time allocated to that task. In response to a determination that an actual portion of processing time utilized by a particular task exceeds the selected portion of processing time allocated that task, execution of the particular task is suspended for a selected penalty time. In one embodiment, the penalty time is selected such that following the expiration of the penalty time, the actual portion of processing time utilized by the particular task will be no greater than the selected portion of processing time allocated to the particular task.

A task management system for providing a graphically displayable worklist having one or more rows of work items, one or more of the work items each representing one or more data rows to be worked from one or more application data tables that are not a task object table of the task management system, the task management system comprising a task database having at least one task object, a first dedicated task object in said task database, said first dedicated task object having a second metadata associated therewith for graphically displaying information related to said first dedicated task object, a first view object having a first set of instructions for determining a first plurality of data rows of the one or more application data tables and a second set of instructions for creating a first association between each data row of said first plurality of data rows and said first dedicated task object, and a display generator for using said second metadata in initiating generation of display data representing a display image presenting a worklist, said worklist having a first one or more rows of application data table work items, each of said first one or more rows of application data table work items representing at least one data row of said first plurality of data rows.

A Workflow Management System is integrated with a Healthcare Information System and uses location tracking of patients, providers and resources in addition to relevant patient data in managing tasks of clinicians associated with care of a patient. A personnel and device location sensitive system for managing healthcare worker tasks includes a tracking processor. The tracking processor monitors healthcare worker, patient and equipment location, to provide device and personnel location data by detection of wirelessly communicating tag devices attached to healthcare workers, patients and equipment. A display processor uses the location data for initiating generation of data representing at least one display image associating a work task, comprising providing a treatment related service to a patient, for performance by a healthcare worker, with a current location of a patient and equipment to be used in providing the treatment related service. A workflow engine uses the location data for updating a task list of a healthcare worker to indicate tasks ranked in response to a plurality of different factors including one or more of, (a) task urgency, (b) location of particular equipment used in a particular task and (c) worker skill level.

A system and method for managing tasks and workflow in a complex environment such as a healthcare unit are described. The architecture of the inventive system includes core components and peripheral components that interact with each primarily through an interfacing event framework application within the core system. In addition to the event framework, the core system comprises a collaborative task platform and an intelligence application. The peripheral components include input devices for users, a system applications server, an integration server, person and asset tracking tags, a database server, and a knowledge base. The system manages workflow through a task-based orientation, and making use of task-based process mapping. Tasks may be created, including unstructured tasks, tasks may further be monitored, shared, transferred, and completed. The process may be envisioned as circular feedback loop including task management, metrics tracking, and real time process feedback. The task is a unit of transaction and central to system-based calculations which can measure return on investment that may, for example, include shorter length of stay in an emergency room, a decrease in medical errors, and an increase in revenue.

A task management system uses patient tags (e.g., wireless RFID, Infrared tracking, GPS etc.) for patient location tracking, together with an integrated workflow system to automatically, track patient location how long they have been there and how many patients are at the same location (e.g., waiting room) and manages waiting time and an overall waiting queue, supporting automated adjustment of healthcare staffing, patient flows, and team coordination. A task management system for use in providing healthcare to a patient includes a patient tracking processor and a workflow processor. The patient tracking processor automatically acquires data derived by wireless communication from patient attached tag devices for use in identifying a location of multiple patients in a healthcare enterprise and identifying a first number of patients at a particular location and a second number of patients awaiting receiving a particular type of treatment. The workflow processor automatically initiates a patient load balancing activity to improve a match between a healthcare resource and a patient load by communicating a message to update a healthcare worker task schedule with a task in response to a determination the identified first or second number of patients exceeds a predetermined threshold number.

The invention discloses a power transmission line polling system. The system comprises a personal computer (PC) side control terminal, a server and a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA), wherein the PC side control terminal, namely a PC side management system, performs polling task management, polling condition management, defect management, defect standard management and geographic information system (GIS) geographic information management; the server receives and transmits information and stores data in real time, comprises an enterprise database and a Socket detectaphone which is used for detecting wireless data in real time, and is called a server Socket data receiving and transmitting system for short; and the handheld PDA performs field polling, is a mobile terminal which feeds back polling information through general packet radio service (GPRS), and is called a PDA mobile terminal polling system for short. The advanced technologies of a global positioning system (GPS) and a palm computer are fused in the system, and power transmission line polling is realized by using a component GIS technology and introducing the concept of embedded GIS; the system performs relatively precise positioning and complete defect data acquisition, can be used for a line polling step in a power system which is used for power transmission, power distribution and the like, and also can be widely applied to the management of the outdoor entities of telecommunication, coal gas, natural gas and the like which are related to the polling; and the operating cost is effectively lowered, and the economic benefit is effectively improved.

Methods and apparatus are provided for managing processor tasks in a multi-processor computing system. The system is operable to store the processor tasks in a shared memory that may be accessed by a plurality of sub-processing units of the multi-processor computing system; and permit the sub-processing units to determine which of the processor tasks should be copied from the shared memory and executed based on priorities of the processor tasks.

An improved method and system are provided for creating tasks and for inputting information associated with created tasks according to an electronic task management application or system. Electronic correspondence items may be flagged as tasks. Upon flagging an individual electronic correspondence item, a corresponding task is created for the flagged item, and the created task is then populated into and exposed by one or more applications used for displaying tasks such as a tasks application, calendar application, or electronic to-do list application. Properties such as task start dates and task categories may be applied to the created task, as desired.

A system and method for delivering advertising, solicitation for offers, or offers of assistance to a user based on a user created to-do list task items wherein the user has requested such advertising, solicitation or assistance to be telephonically, wirelessly or electronically delivered and associated with said to-do list task items thereby aiding the user in the performance of his or her to-do list task items. The user to-do list task items may consist of calendared events, appointments, tasks, solicitations for offers, or other requests for assistance or information as the user may desire from other users of the task management system or third party providers. The present invention allows third party providers to connect to user authorized portions of said user's to-do list task items for the purposes of linking advertising, solicitation or assistance through, in part, a unique identifier (a contact information depository of record “CIDOR”).

This invention discloses a novel system that is tuned for people to exchange information effectively and manage the domain knowledge and tasks productively. With a WYSIWYG-like user interface, message encapsulation into individual objects, and multithreading message flow handling, this new system is able to bring forth revolutionary features that break the limitations of traditional IM systems by knitting traditionally separated functions into an integrated business information and management platform, and hence enable new ways in building knowledge base, reading industrial specific news, and assigning and managing tasks.

Cell processor task management in a cell processor having a main memory, one or more power processor units (PPU) and one or more synergistic processing units (SPU), each SPU having a processor and a local memory is described. An SPU task manager (STM) running on one or more of the SPUs reads one or more task definitions stored in the main memory into the local memory of a selected SPU. Based on information contained in the task definitions the SPU loads code and / or data related to the task definitions from the main memory into the local memory associated with the selected SPU. The selected SPU then performs one or more tasks using the code and / or data.

Techniques for scheduling a task include receiving task data and quorum data. Task data describes tasks to be performed by one or more participants. Quorum data indicates a participant set of one or more participants to perform each task. Current user data may also be received. Current user data describes a current task set of one or more tasks currently being performed by a particular participant. Either or both of the task data and the current user data describe interruptibility through a particular medium of a plurality of communications media. A particular time interval to schedule a particular task is determined based at least in part on the interruptibility of the task or the particular participant. These techniques allow either or both unscheduled tasks and previously scheduled tasks to be moved to time intervals that overlap other scheduled tasks, including tasks currently being performed by a participant.

This disclosure relates to systems and methods for enabling collaboration and / or task management between one or more users. Certain embodiments facilitate task management in connection with secure, governed, and / or audited collaboration and / or document management services using an interface that includes social communication features. Further embodiments relate to search operations returning active and / or functional search results that a user may interact with in connection with performing various activities in connection with a collaboration and / or document management service.

A task management system and method integrates rich functionality into a web-browser based application. An efficient request for an update enables a user to quickly generate a completely customizable email message to intended recipient(s). By introducing a client side, in-memory database, the client component becomes less susceptible to network connectivity glitches and enables user interfaces to be redrawn without server interaction. Additionally, the task management system and method provides flexibility by enabling tasks to be grouped and organized. Specifically, a task may be associated with multiple task sheets and a task sheet may include multiple tasks in a many-to-many manner. Also, templates may be created that enable a user to start with a base template and to add (or remove) one or more columns. Further, the task management systems allows for multiple users to access and manipulate task data concurrently. In addition, the task management system provides a means for viewing the change history of task data within a task sheet by highlighting task data within a task sheet that has been changed by another user of the task management system.

An electronic “To-Do” bar is provided in which displayed upcoming tasks, meetings, appointments and the like. The electronic To-Do bar is displayed in a lightweight menu of tasks, meetings and appointments and is displayed persistently in addition to other software functionality or user interfaces displayed on a user's computer display screen according to other software applications or other software functionality in use. A user is presented with an always-visible list of upcoming tasks, meetings and appointments without the need to launch a separate tasks application or calendar application to view upcoming tasks, meetings or appointments.

A secure online patient health management portal for patient and payer / provider communication, documentation and improved workflow efficiency. A payer / provider portal provides patient and file management, patient tasking and reminders, calendaring, creation and management of medical condition templates, aggregate report generation and electronic informed consent. A patient portal provides personal health management, task management and reminders, comprehensive access to and management of health records and documentation, calendaring, online payer / provider and institution communication, prescription and finance management and discussion forums.

A system, method, service, user interface, and computer readable medium to integrate email and task management is disclosed. Users are provided with options to convert an email into a task, including one-click command options. Efficient triaging of incoming emails is supported. Integration with different email systems and third party services is also supported. Additionally, context aware operation supports features such as adapting operation for efficient use of mobile device in combination with desktop computers.

Multiple hardware accelerators can be used to efficiently perform processes that would otherwise be performed by general purpose hardware running software. The software overhead and bus bandwidth associated with running multiple hardware acceleration processes can be reduced by chaining multiple independent hardware acceleration operations within a circuit card assembly. Multiple independent hardware accelerators can be configured on a single circuit card assembly that is coupled to a computing device. The computing device can generate a playlist of hardware acceleration operations identifying hardware accelerators and associated accelerator options. A task management unit on the circuit card assembly receives the playlist and schedules the hardware acceleration operations such that multiple acceleration operations may be successively chained together without intervening data exchanges with the computing device.

A method and system to manage tasks are described. The method may provide a graphical user interface to allow a user to identify a first task context and associate a plurality of first tasks with the first task context, and to identify a second task context and associate a plurality of second tasks with the second task context. The method may associate at least one of the plurality of first tasks with at least one of the plurality of second tasks. Accordingly, tasks in different contexts and sourced from different applications may be managed.

An enterprise task management system (24) for managing data maintenance tasks across multiple applications. System (24) includes a task manager module (60) and a task engine module (62). Task manager module (60) includes two primary graphical user interfaces: a user interface (64) and a system administrator interface (66). User interface (64) includes an enterprise task list (22), a preview text box (96), and an instructions text box (100). Task engine module (62) includes the following sub-modules: ETM system setup (70) and task generation (72). Another aspect of the present invention is a system architecture for centrally managing the creation of tasks. Additional aspects of the present invention include a method of generating data maintenance tasks within an enterprise information system, a method of populating task data fields using task templates, and a method of automatically generating and performing tasks within system (24).