59 results about "Job assignment" patented technology

In a job management device: a request reception unit stores job-input information in a storage device on receipt of a job-execution request; and an execution instruction unit sends to one or more job-assigned calculation nodes a job-execution instruction together with execution-resource information, and stores job-assignment information in the storage device in association with a job identifier. When the contents of the job database are lost by a restart of the job management device, a reconstruction unit collects the job-input information and the job-assignment information from the storage device, collects the execution-resource information from the one or more job-assigned calculation nodes, and reconstructs the job information in the job database.

A method for managing the application of penalties to employees of a company. The method comprises executing software encoded on a machine readable storage medium by a CPU to implement a job assignment monitoring function, the job assignment monitoring function monitoring events occurring in the course of a job assignment procedure during which a server arrangement communicates with a remote client over a data network to present an employee at the remote client with a job proposal, detecting among the monitored events a penalty triggering event and in response to the detecting, determining a penalty to be applied to the employee on the basis of the penalty triggering event. The method further comprises recording in an employee record stored in a database, data derived from the determining to register the penalty applied to the employee.

A graphical user interface (GUI) implemented on a computer for displaying job assignment information associated with a given user. The GUI comprises an information display area for displaying a plurality of entries, each entry of the plurality of entries being associated with a respective job assignment for the given user, each entry further displaying a data element identifying the respective job assignment, wherein at least one entry of the plurality of entries is indicative of a past job assignment. The GUI further comprises a control component operable by the user at the computer to cause the graphical user interface to display additional information regarding a selected job assignment.

An image forming job management apparatus includes a virtual job assignment unit, a real job assignment unit, and a schedule managing unit. The virtual job assignment unit assigns an image forming job for forming images to a plurality of image forming apparatuses. The real job assignment unit assigns an image forming job for forming images to a single image forming apparatus. The schedule managing unit manages image forming jobs according to a schedule. The schedule is generated by assigning each of the image forming jobs to at least one image forming apparatus using either the virtual job assignment unit or the real job assignment unit.

A method for transmitting individualized real-time work assignments to a plurality of employees located remotely from a broadcast network. An analysis unit compares user profiles, dynamic locations stored in the communicator location database, fixed locations, and job assignments entered into the analysis unit. A data set of at least one individualized work assignment is generated and the individualized work assignment is transmitted to the employee via the employee's communicator device. A method of generating individualized real-time weather and environmental data including the steps of receiving a plurality of user profiles with at least two of the user profiles identifying communicator devices, designated locations and identifications of pre-determined weather and environmental sensors associated with the designated locations, analyzing a weather and environmental information database as well as sensor data from the pre-determined weather and environmental sensors to generate individualized weather output signals and transmitting the weather and environmental output signals to communicator devices identified in the user profiles.

An algorithm implemented in a print shop management system for estimating a processing time of a print job by a printer, i.e., how long the print job will take to complete printing and inline finishing, is disclosed. The algorithm takes into account the job's printing requirements and the printer' capabilities in determining the processing time. The estimated processing time is used to improve work flow management of the print shop. Practical applications include: using the estimated processing time to improve print job assignment by the management system; displaying the status of a print job that has been submitted to a printer to show a real-time estimate of when the job will complete the processing; generating an alert prior to a time by which the job must start in order to meet a deadline; and informing downstream operators when the print job will proceed to the next step in the workflow.

A method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment is described. Each print job specifies job ticket parameters representing printing requirements. Each received job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers. If a printer cannot satisfy all printing requirements of the job, it is eliminated as a candidate printer. Then, from all printers that can satisfy all printing requirements of the job, one printer is selected based on a pre-defined priority preference and the job is submitted to the selected printer. The printer priority preference is created by the operator based on cost and other factors. The operator can also select an alternative execution mode where, among all printers that can satisfy all requirements of the job, the one with minimum wait time is selected.

A method for pre-populating an end of shift submission by an employee of a transportation company. The method comprises executing software encoded on a machine readable storage medium by a CPU at a client associated with the employee to implement a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to supply particulars relating to a work shift for a member of a crew during a particular transportation trip. The GUI including a plurality of information capture fields for displaying particulars of the shift. The method comprises identifying among a plurality of data records, a data record associated with the particular trip, receiving data elements at the client derived from the record associated with the particular trip and pre-populating the information display fields with the respective data elements. Allowing the employee to edit one or more of the pre-populated information display fields.

An automatic job assignment method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment described. Each print job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers to find one or more candidate printers that can satisfy all job requirements. Then, from all such candidate printers, one printer is selected by evaluating real-time conditions of the printers, such as wait time, device status, periodic maintenance (PM) count, operation history, job ticket history, etc., and the print job is submitted to the selected printer. The real-time conditions and the order in which they are evaluated are set by the operator. The process can also be run in an alternative mode where one of the candidate printers is selected based on a pre-defined fixed priority preference.

The embodiments of the invention provide a method, service, computer program product, etc. of co-scheduling job assignments and data replication in wide-area systems using a genetic method. A method begins by co-scheduling assignment of jobs and replication of data objects based on job ordering within a scheduler queue, job-to-compute node assignments, and object-to-local data store assignments. More specifically, the job ordering is determined according to an order in which the jobs are assigned from the scheduler to the compute nodes. Further, the job-to-compute node assignments are determined according to which of the jobs are assigned to which of the compute nodes; and, the object-to-local data store assignments are determined according to which of the data objects are replicated to which of the local data stores.

A power control system for a network system in which a plurality of devices are connected over a network can adequately distribute limited power according to the operational state of each device while keeping a high reliability. A device operating in normal mode broadcasts a power accommodation request when the power of the device is insufficient. Upon reception of the power accommodation request, devices operating in low-power mode send accommodatable power values to the requesting device, and sends a low-power mode fixation notification indicating that operational mode is fixed to the low-power mode to a controller. Upon reception of the low-power mode fixation notification from the notifying devices, the controller sets a job assignment ratio to the notifying devices lower than that of the requesting device.

An automatic job assignment method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment described. Each print job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers to find one or more candidate printers that can satisfy all job requirements. Then, from all such candidate printers, one printer is selected by evaluating real-time conditions of the printers, such as wait time, device status, periodic maintenance (PM) count, operation history, etc., and the print job is submitted to the selected printer. The real-time conditions and the order in which they are evaluated are set by the operator. The process can also be run in an alternative mode where one of the candidate printers is selected based on a pre-defined fixed priority preference.

A method and system for intelligent job assignment between multiple assignees and at least one client through an electronic communications network is disclosed. The method enables a business to consistently and systematically provide its customers with the best possible quality, in the shortest period of time, at the lowest possible cost, at any given time, given its current talent pool. The method includes ordering a database of qualifying assignees with a highest qualifying assignee ordered most significantly. The method also includes assigning a client's job to the most significant assignee and receiving feedback to from the client concerning an assignee's job performance and computing a cumulative qualifying value for the assignee based on the performance feedback included with any feedback received from any other client.

An improved method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment is described. When an operator manually assigns a print job to a printer, the job ticket settings of print job are compared with capabilities of the printer to detect any constraints (i.e. incompatibilities). Messages including textual descriptions of the detected constraints are displayed in a UI, and job ticket settings that caused each constraint are displayed adjacent the corresponding message. The job ticket settings display allows the operator to change values of the job ticket settings and then re-evaluate the job assignment to detect any further constraints. The display and input steps are performed using a single UI. The changed job ticket settings are kept in a temporary version of the job ticket, and the original job ticket is updated with the changed values when the job is finally printed.

A graphical user interface implemented on a computer for enabling a user to bid on a job assignment. The graphical user interface comprises an information display area for displaying a plurality of entries, each entry of the plurality of entries being indicative of a respective job grouping, each job grouping being associated with at least one job on which the user can bid. The graphical user interface further comprising a control component operable by the user at the computer to cause the graphical user interface to display additional information associated with a selected one of the job groupings.

In a computer system including a job scheduler which divides an input job and determines a client apparatus to assign the divided job, and a task manager which transmits the divided job to the client apparatus determined by the job scheduler, the job scheduler assigns the same job to a plurality of client apparatuses when the number of client apparatuses is larger than the number of divided jobs, and when the job is finished in one of the plurality of client apparatuses assigned the same job, execution of the job in the remaining client apparatuses is canceled so that the time until all jobs are finished is shortened.

A system and method for matching potential employees with potential employers over a network. Potential employees sign up for a job notification service and receive information about job openings, including temporary job positions, on their electronic communications devices, which may include a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop, etc. When signing up for the service, the employees generate their Employee Profiles, which contain information about the potential employees certifications, licensing, availability for the job assignment, readiness to travel and other requested information. An employer, when signing up for the service, selects to participate in an open pool or a restricted, closed pool, where only this employer has access to potential employees and job postings of the employer. The server establishes connection with a certification and / or licensing authority to verify current status of worker's certification and / or licensing. The server compares the employee profile data with job postings and sends a notification to the employees about available jobs, while also sends to the employer a list of possible job candidates. The employee and the employer can accept or decline the offers. The server sends notices to workers about the necessity to renew soon-to-expire certifications and / or licensing and any other news.

A method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment is described. Each print job specifies job ticket parameters representing printing requirements. Each received job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers. If a printer cannot satisfy all printing requirements of the job, it is eliminated as a candidate printer. Then, from all printers that can satisfy all printing requirements of the job, one printer is selected based on a pre-defined priority preference and the job is submitted to the selected printer. The printer priority preference is created by the operator based on cost and other factors. The operator can also select an alternative execution mode where, among all printers that can satisfy all requirements of the job, the one with minimum wait time is selected.

Systems and methods provide optimized distribution of jobs for execution among available workers. Categories are established for pairs of jobs based on a precise or estimated distance between each pair of jobs. Values are then assigned to the pairs of jobs and various decisions about job assignment and grouping can be made based upon the assigned value. The systems and methods allow certain job pairs to be excluded from consideration from grouping together, and emphasize which jobs are best suited for pairwise assignment, resulting in reduction of costs and necessary resources.

The invention discloses a mold production process self-adaptive control method based on a dynamic spectacular. The method comprises the steps of the establishment of a push load balancing control mechanism based on the dynamic spectacular, the establishment of a pull job assignment and cooperation mechanism based on the dynamic spectacular, the establishment of a comprehensive process planning delivery task selection model, flexible process delivery time dynamic calculation, simulation-driven coupling control parameter optimization and the establishment of a rule-guided disturbance response sequence generator. According to the invention, the application limitation of a push-pull hybrid control method in a highly variable and complicated production environment can be broken through; the production control system theory of the existing non-repetitive manufacturing process is enriched; high-precision mold manufacturing transformation and upgrading of a mold enterprise are accelerated by improving the level of production control automation; the overall service level and international competitiveness of China's mold industry are enhanced; ideas and solutions, which are worthy of reference, are provided for complex production control problems of other single-piece small batch manufacturing enterprises; and the method has a wide engineering application prospect.

A dynamic material picking method for a warehouse system. The original materials picking list can be divided effectively and be combined or assigned as a new materials picking list. The picking operation is adjustable in response to any new order such that the loading of the picking staff is down and the job assignments are optimized.

In a job management device: a request reception unit stores job-input information in a storage device on receipt of a job-execution request; and an execution instruction unit sends to one or more job-assigned calculation nodes a job-execution instruction together with execution-resource information, and stores job-assignment information in the storage device in association with a job identifier. When the contents of the job database are lost by a restart of the job management device, a reconstruction unit collects the job-input information and the job-assignment information from the storage device, collects the execution-resource information from the one or more job-assigned calculation nodes, and reconstructs the job information in the job database.

Described is a system for a cloud control operations plane. In operation, a job is broadcast to a plurality of physical hosts, one or more of the physical hosts having a control operations plane (COP) node and a service node associated with the COP node. The COP nodes jointly create a private job assignment. A set of job assignments is redundantly distributed to individual COP nodes pursuant to the private job assignments, such that each individual COP node is only aware of its own assignment and corresponding job. The service nodes then each complete a task associated with the job and generate an output. When a set of service nodes performing a redundant job complete their task, the corresponding COP nodes jointly perform a private result checking protocol to generate a final output. The final output is then sent to the user.

A method for intelligent job assignment between multiple assignees and at least one client via an electronic network is disclosed. The method enables a business to consistently and systematically provide its customers with the best possible quality, in the shortest time, at the lowest possible cost given its talent pool at any given time. The method includes receiving graduated feedback from the client(s) per certain performance criteria concerning a job performed for the client(s) by an assignee in a job type category, digitizing the feedback based on a client's weighted range of the performance criteria for a job of the client's to be to assigned, computing a qualifying value for each of the assignees in the category based on an average of the digitized feedback and assigning the client's job via an electronic transfer of the job from the client to an assignee in the category having the highest computed value.

A method for managing the application of penalties to employees of a company. The method comprises executing software encoded on a machine readable storage medium by a CPU to implement a job assignment monitoring function, the job assignment monitoring function monitoring events occurring in the course of a job assignment procedure during which a server arrangement communicates with a remote client over a data network to present an employee at the remote client with a job proposal, detecting among the monitored events a penalty triggering event and in response to the detecting, determining a penalty to be applied to the employee on the basis of the penalty triggering event. The method further comprises recording in an employee record stored in a database, data derived from the determining to register the penalty applied to the employee.

A server system has a shared storage device including a job queue storage area, a job queue registration request storage area and a job assignment storage area, a first server including a job queue registration processing unit registering the job execution request in the job queue storage area according to the registration request information written to the job queue registration request storage area, a second server including an assignment processing unit assigning the job execution request registered in the job queue storage area to the execution server, and writing the relationship between the execution server and the job execution request of the job assigned to the execution server to the job assignment storage area, and an execution server including an execution unit acquiring the job execution request from the job assignment storage area provided for the execution server, and executing the assigned job.

A system for job management between mobile devices includes a processor configured to store in a storage messages and data pertaining to job assignments and reassignments to build a historical record concerning each job assignment and reassignment, to receive from a dispatch terminal requests containing messages and data pertaining to creating and allocating job assignments and reassignments at and between mobile devices, to communicate via a communication interface with the mobile devices, to execute the requests by creating and allocating the job assignments and reassignments at and between the mobile devices, and to output to a storage the messages and data pertaining to the allocation of job assignments and reassignments in order to add to and maintain the historical record in the storage concerning each job assignment and reassignment with respect to the mobile devices.