System and method for managing maintenance of building facilities
First Claim
1. A system for managing the maintenance of building facilities, the system being of the type which utilizes predefined events to carry out managing operations for the building facilities, said system comprising:
- at least one server is operable to receive predefined events including building inspection events from a client that can be located at the building facilities and forward said events to a clearinghouse via a communication link;
at least one client having a unique login identity and is operable to selectively send said predefined events to said server via said communication link; and
, a clearinghouse connected to each said server and each said client via said communication link for selectively storing data from each server and each client in a database, and is operable authorize selected predefined events that can be performed by each client according to said login identity of each such client, to selectively schedule predefined events in response to data stored in said database and to monitor the status of all said predefined events stored in said database.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for managing operational facilities that is of the type which utilizes predefined events to carry out managing operations for the facilities. The system includes one or more servers adapted to receive events from a client and forward the events to a clearinghouse via a communication link. The system further includes one or more clients, each of which has a unique login identity, adapted to selectively send events to the server via the communication link. Also included is a clearinghouse connected to each of the server and each of the client via the communication link for selectively storing data from each server and each client in a database, and being adapted to selectively authorize predetermined events by each client according to the login identity of each such client, to selectively schedule predetermined events in response to data stored in the database and to monitor the status of all events stored in the database.
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70 Claims
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1. A system for managing the maintenance of building facilities, the system being of the type which utilizes predefined events to carry out managing operations for the building facilities, said system comprising:
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at least one server is operable to receive predefined events including building inspection events from a client that can be located at the building facilities and forward said events to a clearinghouse via a communication link;
at least one client having a unique login identity and is operable to selectively send said predefined events to said server via said communication link; and
,a clearinghouse connected to each said server and each said client via said communication link for selectively storing data from each server and each client in a database, and is operable authorize selected predefined events that can be performed by each client according to said login identity of each such client, to selectively schedule predefined events in response to data stored in said database and to monitor the status of all said predefined events stored in said database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 70)
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67. A method for managing the maintenance of building facilities using predefined events to carry out managing operations for the building facilities, wherein the events are exchanged between at least one client having a unique login identity and at least one server connected to a clearinghouse over a communication link, the method comprising the steps of:
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selectively sending, by the client, events including building inspection events to at least one server via communication link;
forwarding, by the server, said events to a clearinghouse via the communication link; and
,authorizing, by the clearinghouse, said events from each client according to said login identity of each such client;
storing, by the clearinghouse, said events in a database;
selectively scheduling, by the clearinghouse, defined events in response to said events stored in said database, and monitoring, by the clearinghouse, the status of all events stored in said database. - View Dependent Claims (69)
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68. The method according to 67 further comprising the step of accessing, by the server, selected data from the clearinghouse to forward to client for display.
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