Virtual office environment

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring remote employees, having a computer for a user perform job related tasks, wherein the computer is enabled to record various data regarding the user's use of the computer; and a network to transmit the various data to a storage unit, to allow the data to be accessed by an employer,

1 . A system for monitoring remote employees, comprising: 
 a computer for a user perform job related tasks, wherein the computer is enabled to record various data regarding the user's use of the computer; and    a network to transmit the various data to a storage unit, to allow the data to be accessed by an employer.    
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the employer accesses the data remotely.  
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a recording of keystrokes  
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a recording of mouse clicks.  
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a recording of video recording of the user.  
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a recording of still images of the user.  
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a recording of video recording of screen images.  
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a recording of still image screen captures.  
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a recording of keystrokes, mouseclicks, video recordings of the user and video recordings of screen images.  
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a recording of keystrokes, mouseclicks, still images of the user and still image screen captures.  
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data is recorded according to an algorithm.  
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data constantly recorded.  
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data is recorded at predetermined intervals.  
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the user can edit the stored data before it is transmitted to the network.  
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data is protected at the computer such that it can not be manipulated by the user.  
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the user can manually disable the recording of data.  
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data is used to determine an activity level of the user.  
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data is used to determine the efficiency of the user.  
     
     
         19 . A method of matching service buyers with qualified service providers, using the system of  claim 1 , comprising: 
 storing the data for a plurality of users;    storing qualifications of each of the plurality of users;    analyzing the stored qualifications and data for each of the plurality of users to determine which of the users are qualified to perform a proposed task;    selecting at least one user from among the qualified users based on the stored data;    assigning a task to the at least one selected user.    
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising analyzing the data to determine an efficiency of the users.  
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising analyzing the data to determine an activity level of the users.  
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising capturing additional task related data for each selected user to determine a productivity of the selected user.  
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising storing the task related data.  
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , further comprising compensating each selected user according to the stored task related data.  
     
     
         25 . A method for monitoring remote employees, comprising: 
 recording various data associated with a user's use of a computer in performing job related tasks;    transmitting the various data over a network;    storing the data in a data storage unit;    accessing the stored data to determine a productivity of the user.    
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , further comprising: 
 analyzing the stored data of a plurality of users; and    assigning tasks to at least one of the plurality of users based on results of the analysis.    
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 26 , further comprising, 
 recording task related data associated with the assigned user's performance of the assigned task;    analyzing the task related data; and    compensating a user based on the results of the analysis.    
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 27 , wherein the task related data is analyzed to determine productivity of the user.  
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 25 , further comprising: 
 storing qualifications of a plurality of users;    analyzing the stored data of a plurality of users; and    assigning tasks to at least one of the plurality of users based on results of the analysis and the qualifications of the plurality of users.    
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , further comprising, 
 recording task related data associated with the assigned user's performance of the assigned task;    analyzing the task related data; and    compensating a user based on the results of the analysis.    
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the task related data is analyzed to determine productivity of the user.