SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND MANAGING DATA

• US 20100145905A1
• Filed: 12/10/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Guy Sam Sepielli
• Original Assignee: Guy Sam Sepielli
• Inventors: Sepielli, Guy Sam
• Application Number:
  US12/635,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20100145905A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/609
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases

Abstract

A data acquisition and management system is disclosed, the system including a database for receiving, cataloging, and storing data and information, a vendor interface device for transmitting a plurality of condition report requests to the database, an administrator interface device for viewing the transmitted condition report requests and assigning each of the condition report requests to a particular filed agent, and an agent interface device for viewing the assigned condition report requests, acquiring a condition data in response to the condition report requests, and transmitting the condition data to the database, wherein the condition data represents a property.

Claims

1. A data acquisition and management system comprising:

a database for receiving, cataloging, and storing data;

a vendor interface device in data communication with the database for transmitting a condition report request thereto;

an administrator interface device in data communication with the database for viewing the transmitted condition report request and assigning the condition report request to a particular field agent; and

an agent interface device in data communication with the database for viewing the assigned condition report request, acquiring a condition data in response to the condition report request, and transmitting the condition data to the database, wherein the condition data represents a property.

2. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the vendor interface device, the administrator interface device, and the agent interface device communicates with the database via a wireless network.

3. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the vendor interface device, the administrator interface device, and the agent interface device communicates with the database via the Internet.

4. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 3, wherein each of the vendor interface device, the administrator interface device, and the agent interface device intercommunicate with the database through a web application.

5. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 1, wherein each of the vendor interface device, the administrator interface device, and the agent interface device includes a software program for unifying the data intercommunication between each of the vendor interface device, the administrator interface device, and the agent interface device and the database.

6. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 1, wherein the agent interface device is a mobile device capable of capturing and transmitting a digital photograph along with a text description.

7. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 1, wherein the agent interface device is associated with at least one of a associated with a global positioning system and a date and time device for associating at least one of a position, a time, and a date with the transmitted condition data.

8. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 1, wherein the database catalogs data based upon a plurality of pre-defined record keeping fields.

9. A data acquisition and management system comprising:

a database for receiving, cataloging, and storing data;

a vendor interface device in data communication with the database for transmitting a condition report request thereto;

an administrator interface device in data communication with the database for viewing the transmitted condition report request and assigning the condition report request to a particular field agent; and

an agent interface device in data communication with the database for viewing the assigned condition report request, acquiring a condition data in response to the condition report request, and transmitting the condition data to the database, wherein the condition data includes at least one of a digital photograph, a text description, a video, a time stamp, a date stamp, and a global position.

10. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the vendor interface device, the administrator interface device, and the agent interface device communicates with the database via a wireless network.

11. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the vendor interface device, the administrator interface device, and the agent interface device communicates with the database via the Internet.

12. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 11, wherein each of the vendor interface device, the administrator interface device, and the agent interface device intercommunicate with the database through a web application.

13. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 9, wherein each of the vendor interface device, the administrator interface device, and the agent interface device includes a software program for unifying the data intercommunication between each of the vendor interface device, the administrator interface device, and the agent interface device and the database.

14. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 9, wherein the agent interface device is a mobile device capable of capturing and transmitting a digital photograph along with a text description.

15. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 9, wherein the agent interface device is associated with at least one of a associated with a global positioning system and a date and time device for associating at least one of a position, a time, and a date with the transmitted condition data.

16. The data acquisition and management system according to claim 9, wherein the database catalogs data based upon a plurality of pre-defined record keeping fields.

17. A method for acquiring and managing data, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a database for receiving, cataloging, and storing data and information;

transmitting a condition report request to the database, wherein the condition report is related to a property;

acquiring a condition data in response to the condition report request, wherein the condition data includes at least one of a digital photograph, a text description, a video, a time stamp, a date stamp, and a global position; and

transmitting the condition data to the database.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising the step of inputting a base record into the database, wherein the base record is associated with the condition report request and includes information relating to a source of the condition report request.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the condition data is acquired by a field agent at an on-site location defined by the condition report request.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein the condition data is transmitted to the database through a web application.