Virtual Plan Room
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of scanning, organizing, and providing access to building plan drawings comprising the steps of:
- identifying building plan drawings;
receiving the identified building plan drawings in scanned electronic format by at least one computer;
inputting information relating to each of the scanned building plan drawings into a computerized spreadsheet of the at least one computer, the inputted information comprising;
building name, drawing floor level, and drawing discipline;
populating a database using a computerized database population module, the database population module configured to generate a plurality of database entries based on the inputted information from the spreadsheet, the database population module further configured to associate the inputted information relating to each drawing with the scanned drawing;
repopulating the database using the computerized database population module upon receipt of new or updated building plan drawings;
providing computerized access to the database to an authorized user, the database being organizable based on the inputted information relating to the drawings, all information being accessible to the authorized user.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A modular, web-based document retrieval system is provided. The system allows for immediate access to all existing building plan drawings and documents for a site. The document retrieval system herein provides an efficient, organized and substantially automated solution for storing, tracking and accessing facility construction documents.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method of scanning, organizing, and providing access to building plan drawings comprising the steps of:
-
identifying building plan drawings; receiving the identified building plan drawings in scanned electronic format by at least one computer; inputting information relating to each of the scanned building plan drawings into a computerized spreadsheet of the at least one computer, the inputted information comprising;
building name, drawing floor level, and drawing discipline;populating a database using a computerized database population module, the database population module configured to generate a plurality of database entries based on the inputted information from the spreadsheet, the database population module further configured to associate the inputted information relating to each drawing with the scanned drawing; repopulating the database using the computerized database population module upon receipt of new or updated building plan drawings; providing computerized access to the database to an authorized user, the database being organizable based on the inputted information relating to the drawings, all information being accessible to the authorized user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A method of accessing a building drawing of a set of site drawings using a computer comprising the steps of:
-
logging into a computer accessible building drawing access service by a user, the user using a computer to log in; identifying a building site having a set of site drawings; selecting the building site having the set of site drawings; identifying a building by name of the building site; selecting the building of the building site identifying a floor of the identified building from a plurality of floors of the building; selecting the floor; identifying a drawing discipline for the selected floor of the selected building; selecting the drawing discipline for the selected floor of the selected building; identifying a desired building drawing; and acquiring the desired building drawing. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 20)
-
-
14. A system for scanning, organizing, and providing access to building plan drawings comprising:
-
a computer in communication with an electronic storage unit, the storage unit having a quantity of scanned building plan drawings, and a spreadsheet containing information relating to each building plan drawing; a computerized data population module in communication with the computer and the storage unit, the data population module configured to automatically populate a database accessible to the computer with contents of the spreadsheet and building plan drawings, the computerized data population module also capable of supplementing the database with additional information provided by a second spreadsheet or an updated spreadsheet; wherein the database is configured to be remotely accessible to a plurality of computerized users, the computerized users capable of sorting the building plan drawings based on the information related to the building plan drawings, and further capable of accessing and receiving the building plan drawings. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
Specification