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Systems and methods for improved management of construction project data

  • US 10,121,112 B1
  • Filed: 04/10/2014
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for improving accuracy of rebate claims and tracking distribution of items, the method comprising:

  • determining, by a processor of a mobile device, location information associated with a location of the mobile device;

    transmitting, by the mobile device, the location information to an integration server;

    receiving, by the mobile device, address information from the integration server in response to transmission of the location information, wherein the address information identifies a community in which one or more homes are being constructed, addresses associated with each of the one or more homes being constructed in the community, and a builder associated with each of the one or more homes being constructed in the community;

    presenting, by the processor at a display of the mobile device, the addresses associated with each of the one or more homes being constructed in the community as selectable elements within a first graphical user interface;

    receiving, by the processor, an input indicating selection of a particular selectable element within the first graphical user interface, wherein the input indicates selection of a particular address corresponding to a particular home of the one or more homes being constructed in the community, the particular home associated with a particular builder;

    in response to receiving the input indicating selection of the particular address, receiving, by the processor, a second input corresponding to a request to capture item data that specifically identifies a product installed at the particular home by a vendor in response to a purchase order from the particular builder;

    in response to the second input;

    acquiring, by a camera communicatively coupled to the processor, image data representative of a label of the product installed at the home by the vendor;

    analyzing, by the processor, the image data to determine whether the label includes new product information and/or redundant product information, wherein the redundant product information corresponds to information previously included in the purchase order, and wherein the new product information corresponds to information comprising at least one of a model number and a serial number that is not included in the purchase order;

    executing, by the processor, a barcode capability to extract item data from a barcode included on the label, the extracted item data corresponding to the new product information; and

    transmitting, by a communication module communicatively coupled to the processor, the extracted item data to the integration server;

    receiving, at the integration server, the extracted item data;

    updating, by the integration server, a record in a database accessible to the integration server, wherein the updating of the record links the extracted item data with the particular address of the particular home; and

    periodically generating, by the integration server, one or more rebate reports on behalf of the particular builder, wherein at least one of the rebate reports identifies a number of rebate claims that the builder is entitled to claim from a manufacturer for installing a threshold quantity of a particular product made by the manufacturer in homes built by the builder, wherein the number of rebate claims is determined by identifying a number of homes built by the builder and in which the threshold quantity of the particular product was installed based on the records that link the extracted item data corresponding to products installed in the homes built by the builder with the addresses of the homes built by the builder, and wherein the rebate report includes information that provides the manufacturer with the addresses of the homes built by the builder in which the threshold quantity of the particular product was installed.

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