Electronic waste management system
First Claim
1. A waste management system, comprising:
- a. a waste management electronic base system having a memory, processor, an input element, and an output element, the base system adapted to process waste management data for tracking a location of a waste storage unit, billing a customer associated with a waste removal, and paying personnel for services associated with the waste removal; and
b. an electronic portable unit having a memory, processor, an input element, and an output element, the portable unit adapted to allow an operator during a waste removal to use the portable unit and to allow onsite input at a customer facility from preprogrammed queries regarding the waste removal and further being adapted to generate an output of the data to the base system for processing.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for electronically automating the solid waste hauling industry'"'"'s existing paper system for tracking driver services. In at least one embodiment, the system directs the driver through his daily activities, allowing changes and corrections to customer service data along a route. This information is uploaded and converted to payroll data, customer service information, and invoicing for customers, among other aspects, periodically throughout the route or upon return to a home base after the route. The information that is collected on site and in real time into a unit available to the driver during the route can require specific and traceable entries that improve the accuracy and completeness of the data useful to the waste management system. The automation provides the information collected by a driver independently of additional clerks that heretofore have been used to input this information into a waste management system.
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23 Claims
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1. A waste management system, comprising:
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a. a waste management electronic base system having a memory, processor, an input element, and an output element, the base system adapted to process waste management data for tracking a location of a waste storage unit, billing a customer associated with a waste removal, and paying personnel for services associated with the waste removal; and
b. an electronic portable unit having a memory, processor, an input element, and an output element, the portable unit adapted to allow an operator during a waste removal to use the portable unit and to allow onsite input at a customer facility from preprogrammed queries regarding the waste removal and further being adapted to generate an output of the data to the base system for processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of managing waste removal, comprising:
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a. using a waste management electronic base system having a memory, processor, an input element, and an output element, to process waste management data, comprising;
i. tracking a location of a waste storage unit;
ii. billing a customer associated with a waste removal; and
iii. paying personnel for services associated with the waste removal; and
b. using an electronic portable unit having a memory, processor, an input element, and an output element, to gather onsite data for the base system, comprising;
i. allowing an operator to input onsite data at a customer facility into the portable unit from preprogrammed queries regarding the waste removal; and
ii. generating an output of the data to the base system for processing. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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