System and method for community association violation tracking and processing

• US 20070027704A1
• Filed: 07/28/2005
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Simplikate Systems LLC (Phunware, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Simplikate Systems LLC (Phunware, Inc.)
• Inventors: Patel, Tushar, Lindenberger, Matt
• Application Number:
  US11/192,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20070027704A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/163 Real estate management

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for tracking and processing violations of regulations of a community association comprising the steps of populating a database with information regarding the community association; transferring at least a subset of the information to a handheld computing device; conducting a physical inspection of structures belonging to the community association for compliance with the regulations; and recording the result of said inspection in the handheld computing device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for tracking and processing violations of regulations of a community association comprising the steps of:

populating a database with information regarding said community association;

transferring at least a subset of said information to a handheld computing device;

conducting a physical inspection of structures belonging to said community association for compliance with said regulations; and

recording the result of said inspection in said handheld computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said information regarding said community association includes the location of said structures.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said information regarding said community association includes the names and addresses of persons or entities responsible for said structures being in compliance with said regulations.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said information regarding said community association includes the names and addresses of persons or entities available to perform repairs to bring said structures into compliance with said regulations.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said information regarding said community association includes previously recorded results of inspections of said structures.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein said information regarding said community association includes a text version of said regulations.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said structures are selected from among the group comprised of:

privately owned buildings, commonly owned buildings, roads, sidewalks, and combinations thereof.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising the step of transferring said inspection results to said database from said handheld computing device.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said handheld computing device is a PDA.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said step of transferring said inspection results to said database from said handheld computing device comprises the electronic synchronization of said PDA with said database.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of automatically generating documents containing information regarding said community association.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said documents are letters notifying said persons or entities responsible for said structures being in compliance with said regulations of said inspection results.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein said documents are reports including information regarding said inspection results.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein said documents are work orders to said persons or entities available to perform repairs to bring said structures into compliance with said regulations.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein said documents are web pages.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein said handheld computing device is a PDA.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein said step of transferring at least a subset of said information to a handheld computing device comprises the electronic synchronization of said PDA with said database.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein said recorded result of said inspection includes media selected from the group comprised of:

digital textual descriptions, digital photographs;

digitized voice descriptions, and combinations thereof.

19. A computer-implemented method for tracking and processing violations of regulations of a plurality of community associations comprising the steps of:

populating a database with information regarding said plurality of community associations;

selecting information pertaining to a single community association from said information regarding said plurality of community associations;

transferring at least a subset of said selected information to a handheld computing device;

conducting a physical inspection of structures belonging to said single community association for compliance with said regulations; and

recording the result of said inspection in said handheld computing device.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein said selected information includes the location of said structures.

21. The method of claim 19 wherein said selected information includes the names and addresses of persons or entities responsible for said structures being in compliance with said regulations.

22. The method of claim 20 wherein said selected information includes the names and addresses of persons or entities available to perform repairs to bring said structures into compliance with said regulations.

23. The method of claim 21 wherein said selected information includes previously recorded results of inspections of said structures.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein said selected information includes a text version of said regulations.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein said structures are selected from among the group comprised of:

privately owned buildings, commonly owned buildings, roads, sidewalks, and combinations thereof.

26. The method of claim 25 further comprising the step of transferring said inspection results to said database from said handheld computing device.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein said handheld computing device is a PDA.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein said step of transferring said inspection results to said database from said handheld computing device comprises the electronic synchronization of said PDA with said database.

29. The method of claim 26 further comprising the step of automatically generating documents containing information regarding said plurality of community associations.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein said documents are letters notifying said persons or entities responsible for said structures being in compliance with said regulations of said inspection results.

31. The method of claim 29 wherein said documents are reports including information regarding said inspection results.

32. The method of claim 29 wherein said documents are work orders to said persons or entities available to perform repairs to bring said structures into compliance with said regulations.

33. The method of claim 29 wherein said documents are web pages.

34. The method of claim 19 wherein said handheld computing device is a PDA.

35. The method of claim 34 wherein said step of transferring at least a subset of said information to a handheld computing device comprises the electronic synchronization of said PDA with said database.

36. The method of claim 19 wherein said recorded result of said inspection includes media selected from the group comprised of:

digital textual descriptions, digital photographs;

digitized voice descriptions, and combinations thereof.

37. A system for tracking and processing violations of regulations of a community association comprising:

a database server including a database populated with information regarding said community association;

a handheld computing device;

synchronization hardware for transferring data between said handheld computing device and said database server;

computer software means for selectively transferring at least a subset of said information regarding said community association from said database to said handheld computing device;

computer software means for displaying said subset of said information regarding said community association on said handheld computing device while conducting a physical inspection of structures belonging to said community association for compliance with said regulations; and

computer software means for recording the result of said inspection in said handheld computing device.

38. The system of claim 37 wherein said information regarding said community association includes the location of said structures.

39. The system of claim 38 wherein said information regarding said community association includes the names and addresses of persons or entities responsible for said structures being in compliance with said regulations.

40. The system of claim 39 wherein said information regarding said community association includes the names and addresses of persons or entities available to perform repairs to bring said structures into compliance with said regulations.

41. The system of claim 40 wherein said information regarding said community association includes previously recorded results of inspections of said structures.

42. The system of claim 41 wherein said information regarding said community association includes a text version of said regulations.

43. The system of claim 42 wherein said structures are selected from among the group comprised of:

privately owned buildings, commonly owned buildings, roads, sidewalks, and combinations thereof.

44. The system of claim 43 further comprising computer software means for transferring said result of said inspection to said database from said handheld computing device.

45. The system of claim 44 wherein said handheld computing device is a PDA.

46. The system of claim 37 wherein said synchronization hardware for transferring data between said handheld computing device and said database server is a docking station.

47. The system of claim 44 further comprising computer software means for automatically generating documents containing information regarding said community association.

48. The system of claim 47 wherein said documents are letters notifying said persons or entities responsible for said structures being in compliance with said regulations of said inspection results.

49. The system of claim 47 wherein said documents are reports including information regarding said inspection results.

50. The system of claim 47 wherein said documents are work orders to said persons or entities available to perform repairs to bring said structures into compliance with said regulations.

51. The system of claim 47 wherein said documents are web pages.

52. The system of claim 37 wherein said handheld computing device is a PDA.

53. The system of claim 52 wherein said synchronization hardware for transferring data between said handheld computing device and said database server is a docking station.

54. The system of claim 37 wherein said recorded result of said inspection includes media selected from the group comprised of:

digital textual descriptions, digital photographs;

digitized voice descriptions, and combinations thereof.