Abstract: A workroom is automatically established for each job created and is associated with a unique email address. The workroom allows members to hold live meetings, communicate in real-time, including via email, upload/manage/share files, and automatically provide transcripts of communication. The workroom also allows team members to launch work trackers directly from the workroom. A work tracker collects work information and directly generates one or more status reports based on the work information collected. A status report includes a back-end version viewable and modifiable by a service provider and a front-end version viewable by a buyer. The status report directly generates an invoice based on the information from the status report. The invoice is submitted to the buyer and allows the buyer to directly pay the service provider.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 8, 2013
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2017
Assignee:
Upwork Global Inc.
Inventors:
Fabio Rosati, Yuet Ping Poon, Rajasekhar L. Kovuru, Ved Ranjan Sinha, Ayyappan Arasu, Maurizio A. Gianola, Anthony M. Hahn
Abstract: A system and method for monitoring remote employees, having a computer for a user to perform job related tasks, wherein the computer is enabled to record various data regarding the user's use of the computer, and a network to transmit the various data to a storage unit, to allow the data to be accessed by an employer.