Website for household inventory and maintenance with reminder system and method
First Claim
1. A method of home maintenance comprising:
- tracking a household inventory of items and related maintenance tasks for a user; and
notifying the user with a reminder from a home maintenance web site with the reminder including a notice to perform a maintenance task on an item of the household inventory and including a network link to the home maintenance web site.
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Abstract
A method of home maintenance comprises tracking a household inventory of items and related maintenance tasks for a user in a calendaring system and inventory system. The method includes notifying the user with a reminder from a home maintenance web site with the reminder including a notice to perform a maintenance task on an item of the household inventory and including a network link to the home maintenance web site. A computer-based home maintenance system comprises a user interface, a home maintenance website, a maintenance notification, and a network communication link permitting communication between the user interface and the home maintenance web site. The notification is viewable on the user interface that is generated by the home maintenance web site and includes a reminder to perform a maintenance job.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of home maintenance comprising:
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tracking a household inventory of items and related maintenance tasks for a user; and
notifying the user with a reminder from a home maintenance web site with the reminder including a notice to perform a maintenance task on an item of the household inventory and including a network link to the home maintenance web site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-based home maintenance system comprising:
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a user interface;
a home maintenance website;
a notification viewable on the user interface that is generated by the home maintenance web site and that includes a reminder to perform a maintenance task; and
a network communication link permitting communication between the user interface and the home maintenance web site. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 15, 16)
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14. A computer-based electronic home maintenance reminder notification system comprising:
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a home maintenance service provider;
a display window on a user interface listing a household item, a maintenance task, and a due date for performing the maintenance task; and
a message in the display window received from the home maintenance service provider at a point in time prior to the due date and that includes a network link to a home maintenance web site of the service provider and instructions for performing the maintenance task.
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17. A method of home maintenance notification comprising:
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tracking an inventory of household items for a user in a computer network-based tracking station; and
notifying the user at a point in time prior to a maintenance deadline with an electronic reminder from the tracking station with the reminder specifying a maintenance item and a maintenance task for that item.
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18. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of home maintenance, the method comprising:
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tracking a household inventory of items and related maintenance tasks for a user; and
notifying the user with a reminder from a home maintenance web site with the reminder including a notice to perform a maintenance task on an item of the household inventory and including a network link to the home maintenance web site.
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19. A method of providing home maintenance information and service comprising:
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receiving at a web site a maintenance information request from a user for a household item; and
delivering from the web site to the user maintenance information for performing maintenance on the item wherein the maintenance information is specific to the brand of the item and obtained from at least one manufacturer.
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20. A home maintenance web site comprising:
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a database;
a graphical user interface including;
a maintenance registry for entering a inventory of household items for storage in the database;
a calendar for tracking maintenance tasks for the items;
a reminder system for notifying the user of a maintenance task on at least one of the household items; and
a controller for operating the graphical user interface, the database, and the reminder system.
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Specification