System and Method for Documenting Delays Associated with a Project
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Abstract
A system and method for documenting delays associated with a project. The present invention includes provisions that enable a field personnel working on a project on the field to document excusable delays as the delays are encountered. The field personnel is equipped with a communications device that has access to a server. During a communications session between the communications device and the server, the field personnel uses the communications device to upload project information related to the delays to the server. The server then invokes or updates a DMT to document the time associated with the delays. The delay time documented in the DMT is then subtracted from a total time reported by a maintenance clock associated with the project.
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25 Claims
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11. A system for documenting delays comprising:
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a communications device operable by a user, wherein the communications device is adapted to receive from the user project information related to a delay associated with a project;
a server accessible by the communications device via a communications network during a communications session to receive the project information from the communications device;
a systems interface coupled to the server, wherein the systems interface is adapted to facilitate uploading of the project information from the communications device to the server during the communications session;
a delay maintenance timer accessible by the server, wherein the delay maintenance timer is adapted to receive an amount of delay time based on the project information from the server; and
a maintenance clock that keeps an overall time associated with the project, wherein the amount of delay time is discounted from the overall time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for documenting delays comprising the steps of:
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initializing a maintenance clock upon commencement of a project, wherein the maintenance clock continuously accumulates an overall project time from the commencement to a closeout of the project;
dispatching a service person to a field location of the project;
inputting project information related to a delay encountered by the service person using a communications device at the field location;
establishing a communications session with a server;
uploading the project information to the server;
calculating an amount of delay time based on the project information; and
subtracting the amount of delay time from the overall project time. 17. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for documenting justifiable delay time associated with a project comprising the steps of:
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initializing a maintenance clock upon commencement of the project, wherein the maintenance clock continuously accumulates an overall project time from the commencement to a closeout of the project;
dispatching a person to a field location associated with the project;
encountering a delay at the field location;
gathering project information associated with the delay at the field location;
determining whether the delay is a justifiable based on a set of established rules;
inputting the project information by the field personnel in a communications device at the field location if the delay is a justifiable delay;
establishing a communications session with a server using the communications device;
uploading the project information from the communications device to the server;
updating a delay maintenance timer by the server with an amount of delay time derived from the project information; and
subtracting the amount of delay time from the overall project time at the closeout of project. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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