Pool data storage system and method

• US 9,405,441 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2013
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pool Shark H2O Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Scott M. Trafton, Todd W. Trafton
• Inventors: Trafton, Scott M., Trafton, Todd W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sugent, James F
• Application Number:
  US13/902,126
• Publication Number:
  US 20130318461A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,166 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/123 Storage facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system that includes a server hosting a pool data receiving and storage service. The system further includes a database in communication with the server. Still further, the system includes a user communication device in communication with the server having an interface configured interact with the pool data receiving and storage service hosted by the server, the interface configured to receive a manual user input of a pool related data, the interface configured to transmit the pool related data to the server. The pool related data corresponds to chemical levels in a pool. The pool data receiving and storage service of the server is configured to receive the pool related data from the user communication device and store the pool related data in the database. The interface of the user communication device is configured to access the pool related data through communication with the server.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server hosting a pool data receiving and storage service;

a database in communication with the server; and

a user communication device in communication with the server, the user communication device having an interface configured interact with the pool data receiving and storage service hosted by the server, the interface configured to receive a user input of a pool related data, the interface configured to transmit the pool related data to the server, the pool related data corresponding to chemical levels in a pool;

wherein the database includes pool related data for a plurality of pools, including first pool related data for a first pool;

wherein the pool data receiving and storage service of the server is configured to receive the pool related data from the user communication device and store the pool related data in the database;

wherein the interface of the user communication device is configured to access the pool related data through communication with the server;

wherein the pool related data includes address information for the plurality of pools, including first address information for the first pool;

wherein the system is configured to utilize the first address information for the first pool to integrate with a global positioning system of the user communication device to automatically select the first pool of the plurality of pools based upon a comparison of the first address information of the first pool and a location of a user established by the global positioning system and a determination that the user is proximate to the first pool, wherein the selection of the first pool, based upon a comparison of the first address information of the first pool and the location of the user established by the global positioning system, directs storage of the pool related data into the first pool related data for the first pool.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user communication device is a mobile communicator having a display and a user interface.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of user communication devices are connectable to the server.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the server hosts the interface of the user communication device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface includes a home navigation screen that navigates to a pool interface, a company interface, and a user interface, wherein the pool interface allows an administrator to input pool information, wherein the company interface allows an administrator to input company information, and wherein the user interface allows an administrator to input user information.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the pool related data is saved in the database with a time stamp, wherein the time stamp includes user information corresponding to a particular user that inputted the user input of the pool related data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface is configured to recommend amounts of chemicals to add to the pool after receiving the pool related data to bring the pool to an ideal range.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the database is configured to store a plurality of inputs of a plurality of pool related data corresponding to chemical levels of a plurality of pools from a plurality of user communication devices, and wherein the plurality of inputs are time stamped and accessible for review, and wherein the plurality of pool related data are exportable to an external device that is not one of the plurality of user communication devices.

9. A system comprising:

a web server;

a database in communication with the web server; and

a plurality of mobile communication devices in remote communication with the web server;

wherein the web server is configured to host an interface that is accessible by the plurality of mobile communication devices, wherein the interface permits users of the plurality of mobile communication devices to input pool related data corresponding to chemical levels in a pool, wherein the web server is configured to store the pool related data in the database, wherein the interface is configured to permit the plurality of mobile communication devices to manually access the pool related data stored in the database, wherein the database includes pool related data for a plurality of pools, wherein the pool related data includes address information for the plurality of pools, wherein the system is configured to utilize the address information to integrate with a global positioning system of at least one of the plurality of mobile communication devices to automatically select a first pool of the plurality of pools, wherein a selection of the first pool is based upon a determination that a position of a user, as determined by the global positioning system of the at least one of the plurality of mobile communication devices, is in proximity to the first pool, wherein the selection of the first pool directs storage of the pool related data into a location of the database for the first pool.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the plurality of mobile communication devices have a display and a user interface.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the interface includes a home navigation screen that navigates to a pool interface, a company interface, and a user interface, wherein the pool interface allows an administrator to input pool information, wherein the company interface allows an administrator to input company information, and wherein the user interface allows an administrator to input user information.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the pool related data is saved in the database with a time stamp, wherein the time stamp includes user information corresponding to a particular user that inputted the user input of the pool related data.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the interface is configured to recommend amounts of chemicals to add to the pool after receiving the pool related data to bring the pool to an ideal range.

14. A method comprising:

providing a web server;

providing a database;

communicating between the web server and the database;

providing a mobile communication device having a global positioning system;

remotely communicating between the mobile communication device and the web server;

hosting, with the web server, an interface;

accessing the interface with the mobile communication device;

inputting into the interface, with the mobile communication device, a first set of pool related data comprising chemical levels in a first pool and address information for the first pool;

receiving the first set of pool related data by the web server;

storing the first set of pool related data in the database such that the first set of pool related data is associated with the first pool;

accessing the interface by the user from the mobile communication device;

utilizing the address information of the first pool to integrate with a global positioning system of the mobile communication device;

automatically selecting the first pool when the global positioning system determines that the mobile communication device is located proximate the first pool;

inputting into the interface, with the mobile communication device, a second set of pool related data comprising chemical levels in the first pool; and

storing the second set of pool related data in the database such that the second set of pool related data is associated with the first pool.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the interface includes a home navigation screen that navigates to a pool interface, a company interface, and a user interface, wherein the pool interface allows an administrator to input pool information, wherein the company interface allows an administrator to input company information, and wherein the user interface allows an administrator to input user information.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising storing the pool related data in the database with a time stamp, wherein the time stamp includes user information corresponding to a particular user that inputted the user input of the pool related data.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising recommending, with the interface, amounts of chemicals to add to the pool after receiving the pool related data by the web server to bring the pool to an ideal range.