System and method for managing use and availability of equipment
First Claim
1. A method for managing use and availability of units of equipment on a jobsite, comprising:
- providing the units of equipment to the jobsite;
placing a control panel on each of the units of equipment;
making the units of equipment available on a first-come, first-serve basis to a group of users pre-approved to reserve and/or use the units of equipment;
requiring a user from the group of pre-approved users to provide authorization input to the control panel to reserve and/or use one unit of the units of equipment;
comparing the authorization input to a list of authorized inputs;
authorizing, if the authorization input corresponds one of the authorized inputs, the user to reserve the one unit of the units of equipment for a specified period of time; and
permitting the user of a reserved unit to actuate the reserved unit, and to use the reserved unit during the specified period of time.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for managing use and availability of equipment on a jobsite. The system includes a group of equipment units being available to be reserved and/or used by pre-approved users. A control panel is provided on each of the units of equipment to facilitate operation of the corresponding unit associated therewith. At least a first indicator is included with each of the control panels for displaying an indication whether the corresponding unit is reserved. At least one input receiving device is included with each of the control panels for inputting authorization input provided by a pre-approved user. At least one memory device is included with each of the control panels. A processor is included with each of the control panels adapted to verify the authorization input through comparison of a list of authorized inputs stored in the memory device with the authorization input. Once the authorization input is verified, the system authorizes the pre-approved user to reserve the corresponding unit.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for managing use and availability of units of equipment on a jobsite, comprising:
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providing the units of equipment to the jobsite; placing a control panel on each of the units of equipment; making the units of equipment available on a first-come, first-serve basis to a group of users pre-approved to reserve and/or use the units of equipment; requiring a user from the group of pre-approved users to provide authorization input to the control panel to reserve and/or use one unit of the units of equipment; comparing the authorization input to a list of authorized inputs; authorizing, if the authorization input corresponds one of the authorized inputs, the user to reserve the one unit of the units of equipment for a specified period of time; and permitting the user of a reserved unit to actuate the reserved unit, and to use the reserved unit during the specified period of time. - 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)
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25. A system for managing use and availability of equipment on a jobsite, comprising:
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a group of equipment units, each unit of said group of equipment units available to be reserved and/or used by pre-approved users; a control panel provided on each unit of said group of equipment units, each of said control panels facilitating operation of the corresponding unit associated therewith; at least a first indicator included with each of said control panels, each of said first indicators displaying an indication whether the corresponding unit is reserved; at least one input receiving device included with each of said control panels, each of said at least one input receiving devices for inputting authorization input provided by one of the pre-approved users; at least one memory device included with each of said control panels, each of said memory device including a list of authorized inputs; a processor included with each of said control panels adapted to verify the authorization input through comparison with the list of authorized inputs; a remote data center including a database containing the list of authorized inputs, the remote data center communicating with each of said control panels to periodically update each of said memory devices with an updated version of the list of authorized inputs; and each of said at least one input receiving devices being operable, upon verification of the authorization input, to permit the one of the authorized users to reserve the corresponding unit. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for managing use and availability of units of equipment on a jobsite, comprising:
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approving a group of users to reserve and/or use the units of equipment on the jobsite; providing each user of the group of the users with an authorization input facilitating reservation of the units of equipment on a first-come, first-serve basis; requiring each user of the group of the users to provide the authorization input to a control panel provided on each of the units of equipment to reserve and/or use each of the units of equipment; verifying the authenticity of the authorization input entered by the user into the control panel of one of the units of equipment; authorizing, if the authorization input is verified, the user to reserve the one of the units of equipment for a specified period of time; and permitting a reserved unit to be actuated by the user and used by the user during the specified period of time.
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