Method and System for Collection and Management of Remote Observational Data for Businesses
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1. A method comprising:
- a) a business defines a set of priorities indicating information to be tracked at one or more remote locations, and a set of tags to be applied to media elements captured at the one or more remote locations;
b) the business sends the set of priorities and the set of tags for storage in a database;
c) at a mobile device which has provided login data to an intermediary server establishing the mobile device'"'"'s user as associated with the business, receiving a message comprising the set of tags and the set of priorities;
d) based on the priorities;
i) selecting one or more tags from the set of tags for one or more media elements to be uploaded to the intermediary server; and
ii) capturing the one or more media elements;
e) uploading the one or more media elements and an indication of the one or more tags to the intermediary server;
f) displaying an interface at a computer maintained by the business, wherein the interface is defined by instructions from the intermediary server, and is operable to;
i) allow the business to retrieve the one or more uploaded media elements from the intermediary server substantially in real time relative to the one or more media elements being captured; and
ii) allow the business to use tags comprising the one or more tags to search for archived media elements which had previously been uploaded to the intermediary server.
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Abstract
Wholesalers, manufacturers, retailers and other entities can use a network gateway as a common point of access to information regarding the presentation of their products to consumers. Such a gateway could be used by representatives for uploading information gathered at retail locations using specially designed mobile applications which would include functionality for facilitating later search and retrieval of the information, such as by tagging.
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1. A method comprising:
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a) a business defines a set of priorities indicating information to be tracked at one or more remote locations, and a set of tags to be applied to media elements captured at the one or more remote locations; b) the business sends the set of priorities and the set of tags for storage in a database; c) at a mobile device which has provided login data to an intermediary server establishing the mobile device'"'"'s user as associated with the business, receiving a message comprising the set of tags and the set of priorities; d) based on the priorities; i) selecting one or more tags from the set of tags for one or more media elements to be uploaded to the intermediary server; and ii) capturing the one or more media elements; e) uploading the one or more media elements and an indication of the one or more tags to the intermediary server; f) displaying an interface at a computer maintained by the business, wherein the interface is defined by instructions from the intermediary server, and is operable to; i) allow the business to retrieve the one or more uploaded media elements from the intermediary server substantially in real time relative to the one or more media elements being captured; and ii) allow the business to use tags comprising the one or more tags to search for archived media elements which had previously been uploaded to the intermediary server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system comprising:
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a) a mobile device, the mobile device comprising; i) a processor; ii) a display; and iii) a memory; wherein the memory stores an application, which, when executed by the processor, configures the mobile device to perform a set of acts comprising; 1) receiving a set of tags specified remotely from the mobile device; 2) determining one or more tags from the set of tags for a media element to be submitted to a remote server; 3) allowing a user of the mobile device to determine the media element to be submitted to the remote server only after the one or more tags have been determined; and 4) based on the user of the mobile device submitting a form comprising the one or more tags and the determined media element to the remote server, sending tagged observation data to the remote server, the tagged observation data associating the determined media element and the one or more tags; b) the remote server, the remote server comprising a processor and a memory, and configured, via instructions stored in the memory, to perform a set of acts comprising; i) sending the set of tags specified remotely from the mobile device to the mobile device; ii) receiving, from the mobile device, the tagged observation data; iii) based on the tagged observation data, storing the determined media element and the association with the one or more tags in a database; iv) receiving a request for information associated with a tag from the one or more tags; and v) based on receiving the request for information, querying the database and returning a result set comprising the determined media element. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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