System for linking a resource management system with an event of a project in a project management system and a method therefor

Patent 6678671 Issued on January 13, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 2, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Klocwork Solutions Corporation

Application

No. 09/703589 filed on 11/02/2000

US Classes:

707/1, DATABASE OR FILE ACCESSING707/100, DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)707/2Access augmentation or optimizing

Examiners

Primary: Robinson, Greta
Assistant: Black, Linh

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

International Class

G06F 17/30 (20060101)

Abstract

The invention relates to a computer- or internet-based system and a method of integrating a resource management system with a project management system so that they share various resource data, namely, human resources, bookings of facilities, and expenses stored previously in a database. This invention particularly deals with a system and method of linking the resource data with each event of any given project contained within the project management system. Access means is provided whereby event-based access is provided to the resource management system for each event of a particular project, such that the resource data and desired functions of the resource management system are linked to any given event and can be managed directly from within the event. A Gantt chart graphically represents each project within the project management system and the events contained therein. All of this is achieved in a user-friendly manner by which the resource data relevant to a selected event can be viewed graphically on a computer screen in the form of a table or a Gantt-like chart.