Systems and Methods of Facilities Location
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a facilities location request, the request comprising location information;
accessing a database of facility location data related to the location information;
creating a geofence using the facility location data; and
sending the created geofence.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods of facilities location, in which a customer activates an application and that application determines, from the GPS device, a location and the locations of the various cables or equipment buried in their yard. The customer may mark the service location using the supplied information on the device application. In an example embodiment, if the customer has further questions, he may call into the center, for example, by pressing a voice button, to talk to a person regarding the questions. In this embodiment, a two way communication is enabled to provide the customer with additional assistance in locating the facilities.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a facilities location request, the request comprising location information; accessing a database of facility location data related to the location information;
creating a geofence using the facility location data; andsending the created geofence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system, comprising:
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a computer server configured to collect facilities location data from a plurality of sources and store the data in a storage device; a boundary generation system configured to receive a facilities location request for a particular location and to generate a set of boundaries that contain facilities for that particular location; and an application server configured to send the set of boundaries for the particular location. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising software, the software comprising instructions for:
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receiving a facilities location request, the request comprising location information; accessing a database of facility location data related to the location information;
creating a geofence using the facility location data; andsending the created geofence. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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