POOL DATA STORAGE SYSTEM & METHOD

• US 20130318461A1
• Filed: 05/24/2013
• Published: 11/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pool Shark H2O Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Scott M. Trafton, Todd W. Trafton
• Inventors: Trafton, Scott M., Trafton, Todd W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,405,441 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/123 Storage facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system that includes a server hosting a pool data receiving and storage service. The system further includes a database in communication with the server. Still further, the system includes a user communication device in communication with the server having an interface configured interact with the pool data receiving and storage service hosted by the server, the interface configured to receive a manual user input of a pool related data, the interface configured to transmit the pool related data to the server. The pool related data corresponds to chemical levels in a pool. The pool data receiving and storage service of the server is configured to receive the pool related data from the user communication device and store the pool related data in the database. The interface of the user communication device is configured to access the pool related data through communication with the server.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server hosting a pool data receiving and storage service;

a database in communication with the server; and

a user communication device in communication with the server having an interface configured interact with the pool data receiving and storage service hosted by the server, the interface configured to receive a manual user input of a pool related data, the interface configured to transmit the pool related data to the server, the pool related data corresponding to chemical levels in a pool,

wherein the pool data receiving and storage service of the server is configured to receive the pool related data from the user communication device and store the pool related data in the database, and

wherein the interface of the user communication device is configured to access the pool related data through communication with the server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the manual user input of a pool related data includes address information for a first pool, and wherein the system is configured to utilize the address information to integrate with a navigation system of the user communication device to provide navigation instructions to a user that selects the first pool.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user communication device is a mobile communicator having a display and a user interface.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of user communication devices are connectable to the server.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the web server hosts the interface of the user communication device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface includes a home navigation screen that navigates to a pool interface, a company interface, and a user interface, wherein the pool interface allows an administrator to input pool information, wherein the company interface allows an administrator to input company information, and wherein the user interface allows an administrator to input user information.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the manual user input of the pool related data is saved in the database with a time stamp, wherein the time stamp includes user information corresponding to a particular user that inputted the manual user input of the pool related data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface is configured to recommend amounts of chemicals to add to the pool after receiving the pool related data to bring the pool to an ideal range.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the database is configured to store a plurality of inputs of a plurality of pool related data corresponding to chemical levels of a plurality of pools from a plurality of user communication devices, and wherein the plurality of inputs are time stamped and accessible for review, and wherein the plurality of pool related data are exportable to an external device that is not one of the plurality of user communication devices.

10. A system comprising:

a web server;

a database in communication with the web server; and

a plurality of mobile communication devices in remote communication with the web server;

wherein the web server is configured to host an interface that is accessible by the plurality of mobile communication devices, wherein the interface permits users of the plurality of mobile communication devices to manually input pool related data corresponding to chemical levels in a pool, wherein the web server is configured to store the pool related data in the database, wherein the interface is configured to permit the plurality of mobile communication devices to manually access the pool related data stored in the database.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the manual user input of a pool related data includes address information for a first pool, and wherein the system is configured to utilize the address information to integrate with a navigation system of the user communication device to provide navigation instructions to a user that selects the first pool.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of mobile communicators have a display and a user interface.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the interface includes a home navigation screen that navigates to a pool interface, a company interface, and a user interface, wherein the pool interface allows an administrator to input pool information, wherein the company interface allows an administrator to input company information, and wherein the user interface allows an administrator to input user information.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the manual user input of the pool related data is saved in the database with a time stamp, wherein the time stamp includes user information corresponding to a particular user that inputted the manual user input of the pool related data.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the interface is configured to recommend amounts of chemicals to add to the pool after receiving the pool related data to bring the pool to an ideal range.

16. A method comprising:

providing a web server;

providing a database;

communicating between the web server and the database;

providing a mobile communication device;

remotely communicating between the mobile communication device and the web server;

hosting, with the web server, an interface;

accessing the interface with the mobile communication device;

manually inputting into the interface, with the mobile communication device, pool related data corresponding to chemical levels in a pool;

receiving the manually inputted pool related data by the web server;

storing the received and manually inputted pool related data in the database; and

accessing the manually inputted, received and stored pool related data by the user from the mobile communication device using the interface.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the manual user input of a pool related data includes address information for a first pool, the method further including utilizing the address information to integrate with a navigation system of the mobile communication device, the method further including providing navigation instructions to the user.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the interface includes a home navigation screen that navigates to a pool interface, a company interface, and a user interface, wherein the pool interface allows an administrator to input pool information, wherein the company interface allows an administrator to input company information, and wherein the user interface allows an administrator to input user information.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising storing the received and manually inputted pool related data in the database with a time stamp, wherein the time stamp includes user information corresponding to a particular user that inputted the manual user input of the pool related data.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising recommending, with the interface, amounts of chemicals to add to the pool after receiving the pool related data by the web server to bring the pool to an ideal range.