Method for the secure logging of correspondence and notification thereof

• US 8,566,136 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2011
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emergency Response and Training Solutions Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Emergency Response and Training Solutions Incorporated
• Inventors: Richter, Clayton Vaughn, Walden, Nathan, Stevens, Amanda
• Primary Examiner(s): Rines, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN
• Application Number:
  US13/291,538
• Publication Number:
  US 20120059763A1
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7.17
• US Class Current: 705/7.17
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063118 Staff planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed that create a secure electronically recorded log utilizable in the field of emergency response material spill remediation. The system can receive information regarding a spill incident, wherein the information includes an approximate location of the spill incident or a description of a material spilt, populate the secure electronically recorded log with a geolocation code associated with the spill incident, wherein the geolocation code is ascertained as a function of the approximate location of the spill incident, and communicate a notification to a Project Manager assigned to oversee remediation of the spill incident or a representative of a client that supplied the information regarding the spill incident.

Claims

1. A method for creating a secure electronically recorded log, comprising:

receiving information regarding a spill incident, wherein the information includes an approximate location of the spill incident or a description of a material spilt;

populating the secure electronically recorded log with a geolocation code associated with the spill incident, wherein the geolocation code is ascertained as a function of the approximate location of the spill incident and data supplied from a global positioning satellite and wherein the geolocation code identifies an exact location of the spill incident; and

communicating a first notification to a Project Manager assigned to oversee remediation of the spill incident or a second notification to a representative of a client that supplied the information regarding the spill incident, wherein the first notification is formatted as a function of a communication device utilized by the Project Manager to receive the first notification, lists for the spill incident an impending regulatory milestone and a lapsed client mandated milestone that requires a remedial action, and includes a first link that permits the Project Manager to modify, add, and remove documents from the secure electronically recorded log, and the second notification includes a second link that permits the representative of the client to add and view documents included in the secure electronically recorded log in response to a modification of the documents by the Project Manager, and

wherein the communicating is performed on at least one processor.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a report for a client as a function of data collected by the Project Manager assigned to oversee remediation of the spill incident and a client specific requirement, wherein the report is an individuated tabbed report that details actions performed by the Project Manager in remediating the spill incident.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first notification to the Project Manager, as a function of the geolocation code, includes one or more federally mandated due dates associated with remediation of the spill event.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a report as a function of the geolocation code associated with the spill incident, a cost associated with remediation of the spill incident, or a geographically proximate remediation specialist qualified to cleanup the material spilt in conformance with a regulatory guideline.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a report as a function of a quantity of the material spilt or a cause for a spillage of the material spilt.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a report based on a federal, a state, or a local regulatory notification associated with remediation of the material spilt, wherein the federal, the state, or the local regulatory notification includes a report number or identification of an individual affiliated with a federal, a state, or a local regulatory agency.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a report as a function of whether payment by the client for remediation of the spill incident is past due, has been paid, or is being processed.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a report based on waste disposal classifications associated with remediation of the material spilt or a cost associated with remediating the spill incident.

9. The method of claim 1, the populating further comprising retrieving from a database a form that needs completion prior to a mandated deadline, wherein retrieval of the form is based on the geolocation code and the material spilt.

10. The method of claim 9, the mandated deadline imposed by a federal or a state administrative body charged with overseeing cleanup of the material spilt.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein identification of the federal or the state administrative body is a function of the geolocation code.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the mandated deadline is automatically populated to a calendar utilized by the Project Manager.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein when the mandated deadline has elapsed through an omission by the Project Manager, a third notification regarding the mandated deadline and the omission is communicated to the Project Manager.

14. A system for creating an electronic ticket in an emergency response remediation environment, comprising:

a processor configured to;

elicit information regarding a spill event from a client, the information includes an approximate location of the spill event or a description of a material spilt;

automatically fill in a field of the electronic ticket with a geolocation code associated with the spill event, wherein the geolocation code is ascertained as a function of the approximate location of the spill event and data retrieved from a global positioning satellite and wherein the geolocation code identifies an actual location of the spill event on a geographically representative map; and

generate and dispatch a first notification to a Project Manager assigned to oversee remediation of the spill event or a second notification to a representative of the client that supplied the information regarding the spill event, the first notification formatted in accordance with a format associated with a device utilized by the Project Manager to receive the first notification, wherein the first notification includes a first hyperlink to the electronic ticket that permits the Project Manager to modify content associated with the electronic ticket and lists regulatory and client mandated due dates associated with a multiplicity of spill events that includes the spill event from the client that have to be satisfied with respect to each spill event, and wherein the second notification includes a second hyperlink that permits the representative of the client to view the electronic ticket and add documents to the electronic ticket in response to a modification of the content associated with the electronic ticket.

15. The system of claim 14, the processor further configured to generate a customized report for the client, wherein the customized report is individuated as a function of data collected by the Project Manager assigned to oversee remediation of the spill event and a client specific requirement.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the first notification to the Project Manager, as a function of the geolocation code, includes a location of a proximate remediation specialist capable of mitigating the spill event, federal, state, and county regulatory deadlines for remediation of the spill event, and client specific remediation requirements associated with the material spilt.

17. The system of claim 16, the processor further configured to dispatch further periodic notifications to the Project Manager when the federal, state, or county regulatory deadline associated with remediation or the spill event has elapsed or the client remediation requirements associated with the material spilt have not been satisfied.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the representative of the client that supplied the information regarding the spill event is associated with a notification list.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

associating a geolocation code to an electronic ticket that includes a field identifying an approximate location of a spill event or a magnitude of a material spilled in the spill event, wherein the geolocation code is determined as a function of the approximate location of the spill event and data obtained from a global positioning satellite and wherein the geolocation code identifies a specific location of the spill event;

as a function of the geolocation code or the magnitude of the material spilled, populating the electronic ticket with regulatory deadlines mandated by statute required to remediate the spill event; and

transmitting a first device formatted notification to a Project Manager assigned to oversee remediation of the spill event or a second device formatted notification to a representative of a client that supplied information regarding the spill event, wherein the first device formatted notification is based on a device format that is currently being employed by the Project Manager to receive device formatted notifications and includes a listing of impending regulatory milestones for the spill event, a listing of unwittingly lapsed client mandated deadlines for the spill event that that require remediation, and a hyperlink to the electronic ticket that allows for addition, removal, and modification of the regulatory milestones, and the second device formatted notification includes a hyperlink to the electronic ticket that permits the representative of the client to view an updated list of client mandated deadlines or an updated list of regulatory milestones in response to remediation of an unwittingly lapsed client mandated deadline or fulfillment of an impending regulatory milestone by the Project Manager.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, the method further comprising:

generating reports for a client as a function of data collected by the Project Manager assigned to oversee remediation of the spill event and a client specific requirement.