TOILET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES
First Claim
1. A toilet management system comprising:
- a toilet monitoring component for monitoring toilet unit information for each of multiple toilet units;
a reporting component for reporting the toilet unit information to a user;
an interface for communicating to the user via one of an indicator, an email, a text message, a webpage, and a smart phone application;
a user interface to display a recommendation to the user indicating which of the multiple toilet units to use based on the toilet unit information;
wherein the reporting component combines and consolidates the toilet unit information from the multiple toilet units and generates the recommendation to the user regarding which toilet unit to use based on at least a quantitative measurement or a qualitative assessment of each toilet unit of the multiple toilet units; and
wherein the reporting component provides the toilet unit information to the user interface to display the recommendation.
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Abstract
Toilet management systems provide information about toilet units. Users, such as visitors and maintenance personnel, may consult an application on their mobile phone, tablet, or webpage to view metrics about a series of toilets, for example in a line of stalls or among multiple portable toilets at a sporting event. The user can determine condition and availability of each toilet, and even reserve the most favorable toilet via a reservation system. The mobile device or webpage can graphically display recommendations to the user, as well as such comparative metrics as the toilet with the longest time since last occupancy, toilet with least cumulative occupants, cumulative time of occupancy, duration of previous visit, cumulative environmental load of previous visits, and qualitative experience of previous toilet visitors. Toilet metrics may be displayed on visual dials, gauges, indicators, pie-chart, bar, bubble, and histogram indicators, numerical indicators, color lights, arrows, sounds, and timeline displays.
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1. A toilet management system comprising:
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a toilet monitoring component for monitoring toilet unit information for each of multiple toilet units; a reporting component for reporting the toilet unit information to a user; an interface for communicating to the user via one of an indicator, an email, a text message, a webpage, and a smart phone application; a user interface to display a recommendation to the user indicating which of the multiple toilet units to use based on the toilet unit information; wherein the reporting component combines and consolidates the toilet unit information from the multiple toilet units and generates the recommendation to the user regarding which toilet unit to use based on at least a quantitative measurement or a qualitative assessment of each toilet unit of the multiple toilet units; and wherein the reporting component provides the toilet unit information to the user interface to display the recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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