CUSTOM DISPATCH SOFTWARE

• US 20090094089A1
• Filed: 10/05/2007
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Truteam LLC
• Original Assignee: Truteam LLC
• Inventors: Zherukha, Taras, Iacovone, Michael Anthony, Chobe, Adhir
• Application Number:
  US11/867,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20090094089A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group

Abstract

A system and method for a dispatching program and for its implementation, involves logging into a system, selecting or creating a work unit, and assigning work orders to the selected unit. After the work orders have been assigned the assignments are transmitted to each work crew.

Claims

1. A method of dispatching work orders comprising:

(a) logging into a work order dispatch program;

(b) selecting an existing dispatchable unit;

(c) creating a dispatchable unit when no adequate existing dispatchable unit is found;

(d) assigning a company resource to said dispatchable unit;

(e) assigning work orders to said dispatchable unit based on any number of criteria; and

(f) transmitting information contained within said dispatchable unit to a work order dispatch receiver device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of performing a check to ensure that said company resource assigned to said dispatchable unit contains a crew member with a valid drivers license.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of assigning completion priorities to said work orders.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of providing a user the option of generating a pick list containing a dispatchable unit data set upon transmission of said dispatchable unit data.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of determining a level of access for a user, and determining what functionality is available to said user based on said level of access.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the step of determining a level of access occurs between steps 1 and 2.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of assigning specific identifiers to any crew members assigned to a truck, where said specific identifiers correspond to said crew members skill sets.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of assigning an amount of pay to each dispatchable unit, and assigning a percentage of said amount of pay to each crew member assigned to a dispatchable unit.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of assigning an amount of pay additionally comprises, checking to ensure that a sum of said percentage of amount of pay assigned to all resources in a dispatchable unit does not exceed 100%.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein step 3 additionally comprises sorting said work orders based on at least one criterion.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of transmitting any updates or finalizations of a work order to a corresponding work order dispatch receiver device.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of storing all dispatch data to a database for future access.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of continuously updating the work order dispatch receiver device with information regarding the work order.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of receiving a work order finished signal transmitted from said work order dispatch receiver device when a condition is met.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of storing a completed work order status to a database of work orders.

16. A system for dispatching scheduled work orders to work crews comprising:

a data entry device for interfacing with a dispatch program;

a central processing unit for executing said dispatch program;

a computer readable medium containing software with instructions for executing said dispatch program; and

a mobile dispatch receiver device comprising a screen capable of displaying information associated with a received work order.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said central processing unit is capable of sending signals to and receiving signals containing at least information regarding dispatched work orders from said mobile dispatch receiver device.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein said data entry device and said central processing unit are the same device.