Digital processing systems and methods for digital workflow system dispensing physical reward in collaborative work systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11675972-B2
Application number	US-202117243691-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 29, 2021
Priority date	May 1, 2020
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing physical rewards from disbursed networked dispensers are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve at least one processor configured to: maintain and cause to be displayed a workflow table having rows, columns and cells; track a workflow milestone via a designated cell configured to maintain data indicating that the workflow milestone is reached; access a data structure storing a rule containing a condition associated with the designated cell and a conditional trigger associated with at least one dispenser; receive an input via the designated cell; compare the input with the condition to determine a match; and activate the conditional trigger to cause at least one dispensing signal to be transmitted over a network to the at least one dispenser to cause the at least one dispenser to dispense a physical item as a result of the milestone being reached.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A digital workflow system for providing physical rewards from disbursed networked dispensers, the system comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
maintain and cause to be displayed a workflow table having rows, and columns, and a plurality of cells at intersections of the rows and the columns;
designate at least one particular cell from the plurality of cells for monitoring by a rule that involves a conditional trigger, wherein the at least one particular cell is configured to maintain data reflecting whether a workflow milestone associated with the at least one particular cell and a specific individual from among a plurality of individuals is reached by the specific individual;
access at least one data structure that stores the rule containing a condition associated with the at least one particular cell, wherein the rule contains a conditional trigger associated with remote dispensing of a physical item upon the condition being met;
receive an input via the at least one particular cell, the input including a change in the data and dynamically reflecting that the workflow milestone is reached;
access the rule to compare the input with the condition;
based on the comparing of the input with the condition, determine a match identifying the specific individual as having reached the workflow milestone;
identify, from within the at least one data structure containing identities of a plurality of remotely located dispensers associated with the plurality of individuals, a specific identifier of a specific one of the remotely located dispensers associated with the specific individual; and
following determination of the match, activate the conditional trigger to cause a dispensing signal to be transmitted over a network to the specific remotely located dispenser associated with the specific individual in order to activate the specific remotely located dispenser, and thereby cause the specific remotely located dispenser to dispense the physical item as a result of the workflow milestone being reached.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the workflow milestone is associated with at least one of a deadline, a status, a date, or a threshold.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the specific remotely located dispenser is configured to hold a plurality of confections and to dispense a confection in response to the dispensing signal.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein receiving the input occurs as a result of an update to the at least one particular cell.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rule is an automation that associates the at least one particular cell with the condition and an entity.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the specific identifier of the specific remotely located dispenser includes identities of a set of the plurality of remotely located dispensers, and wherein the dispensing signal includes a plurality of dispensing signals configured to cause, upon activation of the conditional trigger, dispensing by each of the set of the plurality of remotely located dispensers.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the specific remotely located dispenser is located remote from the at least one processor.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the input is received from a network access device in a vicinity of the specific remotely located dispenser, and wherein the specific remotely located dispenser and the network access device are located remote from the at least one processor.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is a server and wherein the specific remotely located dispenser is connected to the server via a network.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the physical item is a food item.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the physical item is a gift.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the specific remotely located dispenser is a vending machine that holds a plurality of differing food items and wherein the signal is configured to dispense a food item in response to the conditional trigger.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the vending machine is configured to withhold dispensing of the food item associated with the conditional trigger until an identity is locally received by the vending machine.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations for providing physical rewards from disbursed networked dispensers, the operations comprising:
maintaining and causing to be displayed a workflow table having rows, and columns, and a plurality of cells at intersections of the rows and the columns;
designating at least one particular cell from the plurality of cells for monitoring by a rule that involves a conditional trigger, wherein the at least one particular cell is configured to maintain data reflecting whether a workflow milestone associated with the at least one particular cell and a specific individual from among a plurality of individuals is reached by the specific individual;
accessing at least one data structure that stores the rule containing a condition associated with the at least one particular cell, wherein the rule contains a conditional trigger associated with remote dispensing of a physical item upon the condition being met;
receiving an input via the at least one particular cell, the input including a change in the data and dynamically reflecting that the workflow milestone is reached;
accessing the rule to compare the input with the condition;
based on the comparing of the input with the condition, determining a match identifying the specific individual as having reached the workflow milestone;
identifying, from within the at least one data structure containing identities of a plurality of remotely located dispensers associated with the plurality of individuals, a specific identifier of a specific one of the remotely located dispensers associated with the specific individual; and
following determination of the match, activating the conditional trigger to cause a dispensing signal to be transmitted over a network to the specific remotely located dispenser associated with the specific individual in order to activate the specific remotely located dispenser, and thereby cause the specific remotely located dispenser to dispense the physical item as a result of the workflow milestone being reached.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the specific identifier of the specific remotely located dispenser includes identities of a set of the plurality of remotely located dispensers, and wherein the dispensing signal includes a plurality of dispensing signals configured to cause, upon activation of the conditional trigger, dispensing by each of the set of the plurality of remotely located dispensers.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the specific remotely located dispenser is a vending machine that holds a plurality of differing food items, wherein the signal is configured to dispense a food item in response to the conditional trigger, and wherein the vending machine is configured to withhold dispensing of the food item associated with the conditional trigger until the identity of the specific individual is locally received by the vending machine.

17. A method for providing physical rewards from disbursed networked dispensers, the method comprising:
maintaining and causing to be displayed a workflow table having rows, and columns, and a plurality of cells at intersections of the rows and the columns;
designating at least one particula

Assignees

• Monday Com Ltd

Inventors

• Hermon Michael
• Drabkin Roy
• Goldstein Joel
• Mann Roy

Classifications

• H04L51/04

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title

• H04L51/046

  Interoperability with other network applications or services · CPC title

• G06Q10/101

  Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services · CPC title

• H04L51/18

  Commands or executable codes · CPC title

• G06F16/2308

  Concurrency control (transaction processing G06F9/466) · CPC title