US Patent No: 7,596,566

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System and method for flexible handling of rules and regulations in labor hiring

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Abstract

A method and system are described for flexible handling of rules and regulations in labor hiring, comprising of receiving a requisition form from a computing device, at least partially completed by a requestor; automatically performing a rules check on the requisition form; in response to a field entry on the form violating a predefined rule, returning the requisition form to the requester to correct or providing the requisition form to a supervisor to override a field entry violating a predefined rule; and in response to no field entry on the form violating a predefined rule, transmitting the form to a service provider.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
REARDEN COMMERCE, INC.FOSTER CITY, CA32

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Patwardhan, Shantanu - 5 16

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Patent Citation Ranking

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REARDEN COMMERCE, INC. (3)
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