Patents by Inventor Bud J. Bennington

Bud J. Bennington has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080244602
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for managing one or more tasks or human resources. In one embodiment, the method receives one or more tasks. The method determines at least one task evaluation criteria value for each received one or more tasks. In addition, the method determines a task value associated with each received one or more tasks based on the determined at least one task evaluation criteria value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Bud J. Bennington, Michael R. Fetcho
  • Publication number: 20080244604
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for task and human resource management. In one embodiment, the method stores a plurality of first tasks, each first task including at least one first task skill. In addition, the method receives a search request, the search request including at least one search request skill. The method determines, based on the one or more first tasks, if one or more of the at least one first task skills corresponds to the at least one search request skill. In addition, the method determines one or more second tasks when it is determined that one or more of the at least one first task skills corresponds to the at least one search request skill. The one or more second tasks are determined from the plurality of first tasks. The method provides the determined one or more second tasks to a human resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Bud J. Bennington, Michael R. Fetcho
  • Publication number: 20080244605
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for task and human resource management. In one embodiment, the method determines a set of skill information. The set of skill information includes at least one task skill and is associated with a task. In addition, the method determines, from a set of one or more first human resources, one or more second human resources. The one or more second human resources have at least one human resource skill that corresponds to the at least one task skill. The method provides an indication of a task load for the determined one or.more second human resources, and associates the task to at least one of the one or more second human resources based on the at least one human resource skill, the at least one task skill, and the indication of the task load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Bud J. Bennington, Michael R. Fetcho
  • Publication number: 20080244603
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for managing one or more tasks or human resources. In one embodiment, the method receives one or more first tasks. In addition, the method receives one or more first sets of skill information. Each of the one or more first sets of skill information includes at least one human resource skill and is associated with a human resource. The method further receives one or more second sets of skill information. Each of the one or more second sets of skill information includes at least one task skill and is associated with one of the one or more first tasks. Additionally, the method evaluates the received one or more first tasks, the received one or more first sets of skill information, and the received one or more second sets of skill information. Further, the method determines to request the human resource to add an associated human resource skill or increase an associated human resource skill level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Bud J. Bennington, Michael R. Fetcho