SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AND CONDUCTING PROPERTY INSPECTIONS
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a property inspection, the method comprising:
- with a mobile communication device having a processor, an on-board camera and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, wirelessly receiving from a server one of a plurality of property inspection assignments including property inspection criteria for a property to be inspected and located at predefined location coordinates,executing, with the processor, a service application on the mobile communication device, the service application guiding a user through an inspection of the property by prompting for user entry into the mobile communication device of at least one response to the property inspection criteria and of a digital image of a feature of the property,in response to user activation of the on-board camera, capturing with the camera the digital image of the feature of the property,determining, with the GPS receiver, GPS coordinates of the mobile communication device during capture of the digital image with the camera,with the processor, geocoding the captured digital image with the determined GPS coordinates,with the processor, wirelessly transmitting to the server a report of the property inspection including the geocoded digital image, andprocessing, with the server, the report of the property inspection to verify that the geocode of the geocoded digital image matches the predefined location coordinates of the property to be inspected.
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Abstract
A system for managing property inspections may include a base computer and a memory unit coupled to the base computer. The memory unit may have stored therein a plurality of property inspection requests and a number of property inspector records, with each of the plurality of property inspection requests including at least one attribute of a corresponding property to be inspected and with each of the number of property inspector records including data associated with a corresponding property inspector, and instructions that are executable by the base computer to assign the property inspection requests to the property inspectors based on matches between the at least one attribute of the plurality of property inspection requests and at least one of the data associated with the number of property inspection records. The property inspectors may access their assignments of property inspections through a web portal.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a property inspection, the method comprising:
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with a mobile communication device having a processor, an on-board camera and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, wirelessly receiving from a server one of a plurality of property inspection assignments including property inspection criteria for a property to be inspected and located at predefined location coordinates, executing, with the processor, a service application on the mobile communication device, the service application guiding a user through an inspection of the property by prompting for user entry into the mobile communication device of at least one response to the property inspection criteria and of a digital image of a feature of the property, in response to user activation of the on-board camera, capturing with the camera the digital image of the feature of the property, determining, with the GPS receiver, GPS coordinates of the mobile communication device during capture of the digital image with the camera, with the processor, geocoding the captured digital image with the determined GPS coordinates, with the processor, wirelessly transmitting to the server a report of the property inspection including the geocoded digital image, and processing, with the server, the report of the property inspection to verify that the geocode of the geocoded digital image matches the predefined location coordinates of the property to be inspected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of conducting a property inspection, the method comprising:
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with a mobile communication device having a processor, an on-board camera and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, transmitting to a server a code associated with at least one of the mobile communication device and a user associated with the mobile communication device, with the mobile communication device, wirelessly receiving from a server one of a plurality of property inspection assignments that matches the code, the one of the plurality of property inspection assignments including property inspection criteria for a property to be inspected and located at predefined location coordinates, executing, with the processor, a service application on the mobile communication device, the service application guiding a user through an inspection of the property to be inspected by prompting for user entry into the mobile communication device of at least one response to the property inspection criteria and of a digital image of a feature of the property to be inspected, in response to user activation of the on-board camera, capturing with the camera the digital image of the feature of the property to be inspected, determining, with the GPS receiver, GPS coordinates of the mobile communication device during capture of the digital image with the camera, and with the processor, geocoding the captured digital image with the determined GPS coordinates to authenticate capture of the geocoded digital image at a location corresponding to the location coordinates of the property to be inspected. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of conducting a property inspection, the method comprising:
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with a mobile communication device having a processor, an on-board camera and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, wirelessly receiving from a server one of a plurality of property inspection assignments including property inspection criteria for a property to be inspected and located at predefined location coordinates, executing, with the processor, a service application on the mobile communication device, the service application guiding a user to the location coordinates of the property to be inspected based on GPS coordinates received by the GPS receiver, the service application further guiding the user through an inspection of the property to be inspected by prompting for user entry into the mobile communication device of at least one response to the property inspection criteria and of a digital image of a feature of the property to be inspected, in response to user activation of the on-board camera, capturing with the camera the digital image of the feature of the property to be inspected, determining, with the GPS receiver, GPS coordinates of the mobile communication device during capture of the digital image with the camera, with the processor, geocoding the captured digital image with the determined GPS coordinates to authenticate capture of the geocoded digital image at a location corresponding to the location coordinates of the property to be inspected. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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