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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Elance, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Fabio Rosati, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yuet Ping Poon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rajasekhar L. Kovuru, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ved Ranjan Sinha, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ayyappan Arasu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Maurizio A. Gianola, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anthony M. Hahn, San Jose, CA (US);
ELANCE, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A workroom is automatically established for each job created and is associated with a unique email address. The workroom allows members to hold live meetings, communicate in real-time, including via email, upload/manage/share files, and automatically provide transcripts of communication. The workroom also allows team members to launch work trackers directly from the workroom. A work tracker collects work information and directly generates one or more status reports based on the work information collected. A status report includes a back-end version viewable and modifiable by a service provider and a front-end version viewable by a buyer. The status report directly generates an invoice based on the information from the status report. The invoice is submitted to the buyer and allows the buyer to directly pay the service provider.