System initiated pending state authorization in a benefits administration domain model

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9727845-B2
Application number	US-201414300202-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2014
Priority date	Oct 15, 2008
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a human resource management platform that includes applications targeted to solve a variety of human resource and benefits administration management problems. Applications of the human resource management platform include business applications such as benefits administration that may provide a single solution for facilitating employee benefits management and organizational efficiencies through automation of benefit management functions, measurement of benefit provider effectiveness, and the like.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
configuring a pending state of a domain model;
determining a change to benefits data accessible in a domain object of the domain model that requires authorization;
using a processor to create a pending delegate of the domain object; and
accessing the benefits data in the pending delegate through a first execution thread that accesses benefits data only in the pending state of the domain model, wherein the domain model comprises a current state of the benefits data that is accessed through a second execution thread that accesses benefits data only in the current state of the domain model.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein accessing the benefits data in the pending delegate includes accessing the pending delegate through the domain object.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein accessing the benefits data in the pending delegate is achieved only through the domain object.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the pending delegate is based on the configured pending state.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the domain model includes employee data and employee benefit data.

6. A system, comprising:
a domain model of employee benefit data comprising at least a pending state, wherein employee benefit data items are stored in domain objects of the domain model; and
a processor adapted to determine a change to at least one employee benefit data item that requires authorization, create a pending state-resident delegate of a domain object comprising a version of the employee benefit data item determined by the change, and access the data item in the delegate through a first execution thread that accesses benefit data only in the pending state of the domain model, wherein the domain model comprises a current state of benefits data items that is accessed through a second execution thread that accesses benefits data only in the current state of the domain model.

Assignees

• Adp Llc

Inventors

• Cooper Thomas A
• Turner Colin J

Classifications

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06Q10/105

  Human resources · CPC title

• G06Q10/1057 Primary

  Benefits or employee welfare, e.g. insurance, holiday or retirement packages · CPC title

• G06Q10/067

  Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06Q10/103

  Workflow collaboration or project management · CPC title