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Method for inspecting a physical asset

  • US 9,064,290 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2011
  • Issued: 06/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of inspecting an asset, comprising:

  • providing on a mobile computing device a graphical user interface indicating a plurality of pre-defined elements of the asset to be inspected and a plurality of types of data that may be entered, and for entering data in predefined fields in formats appropriate to each element and type of data;

    receiving via the graphical user interface a selection of one or more of the plurality of pre-defined elements of the asset to be inspected;

    receiving via the graphical user interface one or more of the plurality of types of data for each selected element;

    automatically annotating the received data with the current time and the geo-location of the mobile computing device;

    displaying on the graphical user interface a score indicating completeness of the received data, the score determined in part by comparing the received data for at least two of the pre-defined elements to an expected set of data;

    transmitting the received selection and annotated data to a server;

    storing the received selection and annotated data on the server in a manner in which they may not be modified, thereby creating an audit trail of the received selection and annotated data.

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