Method for generating, accessing, and managing property inspection reports
First Claim
1. A method for generating, accessing, and managing property inspection reports on a wide area network comprising the steps of:
- a. receiving a request for at least one property inspection from a customer via the wide area network;
b. dispatching the request to an inspector via the wide area network;
c. receiving an inspection report prepared by the inspector via the wide area network, wherein the inspection report includes formatted data; and
d. storing the formatted data in a database for retrieval by the customer via the wide area network.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for use by a property inspection company to receive requests for property inspections from customers, dispatch the requests to inspectors, receive inspection reports prepared by the inspectors, and store the reports in a database for retrieval by customers via a computer network. In addition, the present invention provides a system and method for automatically dispatching the requests to a preferred inspector using information associated with the requests and information associated with the company'"'"'s inspectors. Further, the present invention provides a system and method for mining the database to generate management reports from the property inspection reports, which may be used to determine loss trends and predictors.
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1. A method for generating, accessing, and managing property inspection reports on a wide area network comprising the steps of:
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a. receiving a request for at least one property inspection from a customer via the wide area network;
b. dispatching the request to an inspector via the wide area network;
c. receiving an inspection report prepared by the inspector via the wide area network, wherein the inspection report includes formatted data; and
d. storing the formatted data in a database for retrieval by the customer via the wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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