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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING WORK ASSIGNMENT STATUS INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON A COMPONENT OF A LINEAR ASSET INFRASTRUCTURE

  • US 20140365260A1
  • Filed: 08/22/2014
  • Published: 12/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for performing maintenance on a railway infrastructure having components selected from the group consisting of track segments and features, the method including:

  • a) performing an in-field inspection of track segments of the railway infrastructure to determine if the track segments are fit for continued service, the inspection including a visual inspection of the track segments by an inspector;

    b) providing the inspector with a portable computing device having a first display;

    c) when the in-field inspection of a first track segment determines that the first track segment manifests a condition that represents a deviation from an operational requirement, producing a condition record, the producing of the condition record including;

    i) rendering a first graphical user interface on the first display, the graphical user interface having;

    1) a first data input field configured to receive information identifying the condition observed in connection with the first track segment;

    2) a second data input field configured to hold information describing a maintenance activity to be performed to rectify the condition observed in connection with the first track segment;

    3) a third data input field configured to hold information describing a temporary remedial action defining a change in an operational procedure affecting train traffic over the first track segment to be implemented before the maintenance activity to rectify the first condition is completed;

    ii) providing a database for storing condition records and maintenance activity records associated with components of the railway infrastructure that have been identified via in-field inspections as manifesting conditions that represent deviations from the operational requirements of the components;

    iii) electronically transmitting the information in the first and second data input fields to the database and creating in the database a new condition record and a new maintenance activity record in connection with the first track segment at least in part on the basis of the information in the first and second data input fields;

    d) driving a work list indicator in a second graphical user interface rendered on a second display that is remote from the first display on the basis of the maintenance activity records stored in the database, the work list indicator;

    i) showing a list of maintenance activities associated with different components of the railway infrastructure against which condition records have been recorded, the maintenance activities are characterized by respective levels of urgency;

    ii) distinguishing the maintenance activities on the basis of the respective levels of urgency;

    e) implementing the temporary remedial action in the third data input field in connection with rail traffic over the first track segment;

    f) performing the maintenance activities in the list according to a sequence corresponding to the respective levels of urgency;

    g) when the maintenance activity in connection with the first track segment is completed and the first condition rectified, lifting the temporary remedial action.

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