System and method for automating job management in mobile data collection
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1. A datasheet processing method for publishing and collecting datasheets, the method comprising:
- performing copy, update and store operations on one or more datasheet forms sourced from a forms database into a local database on a computer system;
assigning at least one of the datasheet forms to one or more jobs from a list of jobs stored on the computer system;
updating one or more mobile terminals by loading the assigned datasheet form from the local database, wherein the mobile terminals stores the assigned datasheet form on a mobile database and the user collects field data by using the assigned datasheet;
synchronizing the mobile terminals with the local database by using the collected field data to update the local database; and
uploading the local database contents that include the assigned datasheet forms and the collected field data received from the mobile terminals to a central computer storage.
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Abstract
A datasheet processing method for publishing and collecting datasheets includes performing datasheet operations and assigning datasheets to the jobs. Mobile terminals are updated by loading the assigned datasheet and the user collects field data by using the assigned datasheet. Mobile terminals are then synchronized with the local database by using the collected field data and the local database contents are uploaded to a central computer.
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1. A datasheet processing method for publishing and collecting datasheets, the method comprising:
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performing copy, update and store operations on one or more datasheet forms sourced from a forms database into a local database on a computer system;
assigning at least one of the datasheet forms to one or more jobs from a list of jobs stored on the computer system;
updating one or more mobile terminals by loading the assigned datasheet form from the local database, wherein the mobile terminals stores the assigned datasheet form on a mobile database and the user collects field data by using the assigned datasheet;
synchronizing the mobile terminals with the local database by using the collected field data to update the local database; and
uploading the local database contents that include the assigned datasheet forms and the collected field data received from the mobile terminals to a central computer storage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mobile data collection system, the system comprising:
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a form manager for performing one or more datasheet operations and storing one or more datasheet forms in a markup language format;
a mobile database for storing one or more jobs, forms and collected data;
a job manager for organizing through the jobs the data collected by one or more mobile terminals using the datasheet forms which are stored in the mobile database by the form manager module; and
a data collector for performing data operations on the data collected through the mobile terminals and the datasheet forms. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for collecting and handling form data, the method steps comprising:
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performing copy, update and store operations on one or more datasheet forms sourced from a forms database into a local database on a computer system;
assigning at least one of the datasheet forms to one or more jobs from a list of jobs stored on the computer system;
updating one or more mobile terminals by loading the assigned datasheet form from the local database, wherein the mobile terminals stores the assigned datasheet form on a mobile database and the user collects field data by using the assigned datasheet;
synchronizing the mobile terminals with the local database by using the collected field data to update the local database; and
uploading the local database contents that include the assigned datasheet forms and the collected field data received from the mobile terminals to a central computer storage. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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