SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION INFORMATION OF CERTAIN ITEMS
First Claim
1. A system for identifying and recording items of interest comprising:
- a portable computing device having a GPS receiver, display and portable computer storage media in communications with a server;
a portable device program embodied in said computer storage media of said portable computing device that when executed by said portable computing device performs the steps of displaying item data wherein said item data represents physical items of interest, receiving user input representing that an item of interest has been identified by the user, generating a record representing the item of interest using said user input, retrieving location information and temporal information from said GPS receiver, including said location information and said temporal information in said record, storing said record in said portable computing device; and
,a server program embodied in said server that when executed by said server performs the steps of receiving said record, generating a map displaying an icon representing said item of interest according to said record and transmitting said map display to said portable computing device so that said portable computing device can display said map display allowing the user to view the location of the item of interest and its location.
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Abstract
A system and method for recording the identification and location of items in furtherance of maintaining public works infrastructure includes a portable computing device in communication with a server unit. A user selects designated icons visually representing a variety of items needing attention by a local public works department, such as discarded appliances, brush piles, downed power lines, or code violations. The portable computing device stores the type and location of these items electronically for transfer to the server unit, where work orders may be issued to appropriate employees to later address the items in a coordinated manner rather than merely addressing these items as they are randomly encountered during a normal public works route.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for identifying and recording items of interest comprising:
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a portable computing device having a GPS receiver, display and portable computer storage media in communications with a server; a portable device program embodied in said computer storage media of said portable computing device that when executed by said portable computing device performs the steps of displaying item data wherein said item data represents physical items of interest, receiving user input representing that an item of interest has been identified by the user, generating a record representing the item of interest using said user input, retrieving location information and temporal information from said GPS receiver, including said location information and said temporal information in said record, storing said record in said portable computing device; and
,a server program embodied in said server that when executed by said server performs the steps of receiving said record, generating a map displaying an icon representing said item of interest according to said record and transmitting said map display to said portable computing device so that said portable computing device can display said map display allowing the user to view the location of the item of interest and its location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for identifying and recording items of interest comprising:
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a portable computing device having a GPS receiver, display and a first portable computer storage media; a set of icon data contained in said first computer storage media having icons representing items of interest; a portable device program embodied in said first computer storage media of said portable computing device that when executed by said portable computing device performs the steps of displaying icons from said set of icon data representing physical items of interest, receiving user input representing that an item of interest has been identified by the user, generating a record representing the item of interest using said user input, retrieving location information from said GPS receiver, including said location information in said record, retrieving temporal information from said portable computing device, including said temporal information in said record, storing said record in said portable computing device and transmitting said record to a server in communications with said portable computing device; a set of crew information included on said server representing workers, worker'"'"'s skills, worker'"'"'s work schedules and worker'"'"'s routes; a server program embodied in a second computer storage media of said server that when executed by said server performs the steps of generating a work order according to said records and said set of crew information, transmitting said work order representing a task to be preformed by a worker to said portable computing device, receiving completion information representing that the worker has satisfied the tasks described in said work order and associating said completion information with said work order; and
,said portable device program further including the steps of receiving said work order, displaying said work order on said portable computing device display, receiving completion information from the user of said portable computing device and transmitting said completion information associated with said work order to said server so that the user of said server is informed that said work order has been completed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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