Time and activity tracker with hardware abstraction layer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6397167
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09740412

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A method and system for automatically collecting and for analyzing information about time and work performed on a computer includes a hardware abstraction layer for monitoring activity on various user input devices. The system also includes the following elements: a data collector for monitoring certain portions of a user's computer activity and for logging into a log file those certain portions of a user's computer activity; a data analyzer for determining by following user-defined rules showing which portions of those certain portions of a user's computer activity constitutes continuous work activities, and how this work should be categorized by project and task with project; and an external interface for building the rules defining work. The data collector includes a resident module, such as a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident) module, which extends the file system of the computer so that detailed records are kept of file activities. The data collector also routes information about file and keyboard activity, and tabulates and writes such information to a user's disk periodically. The hardware abstraction layer is a software module which is interposed between actual physical user input devices and the data collector.

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  • DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES;RAKUTEN, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lehman, Michael G Mountain View, CA 9 652
Skinner, Gary R Pacific Grove, CA 5 449

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