Construction payment management system and method with graphical user interface features

• US 20060271480A1
• Filed: 07/13/2006
• Published: 11/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Textura LLC (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Textura LLC (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Eichhorn, William H., Allin, Patrick J., Niden, Howard L., Pedersen, Richard P. Jr., Bagley, Matthew R., Cherry, Charles C., Flynn, Michael L.
• Granted Patent: US 7,797,210 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/40
• 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: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/08 Construction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate

Abstract

A system and method for managing a construction payment process. One graphical user interface embodying the invention can include a project schedule progress bar and a funds disbursed progress bar. The project schedule progress bar indicates progress with respect to calendar dates of a construction project, and the funds disbursed progress bar indicates progress with respect to a budget dollar amount of a construction project. Another graphical user embodying the invention can include an organization form, a project form, a budget form, a draw initiated notification, an enter request for payment form, a sign lien waiver notification, and a payment disbursed notification for notifying the plurality of participants that a payment has been disbursed for the pending draw to each of the plurality of participants based on the payment information received from each of the plurality of participants.

Claims

1. A graphical user interface for a construction payment management system, the graphical user interface comprising:

a project schedule progress bar and a funds disbursed progress bar;

the project schedule progress bar indicating progress with respect to calendar dates of a construction project; and

the funds disbursed progress bar indicating progress with respect to a budget dollar amount of a construction project.

2. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising a percent complete progress bar indicating progress with respect to a percentage of work completed on a construction project.

3. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising a project home page customized for a participant.

4. The graphical user interface of claim 3 wherein the project home page is customized for a participant based on logo information of the participant.

5. The graphical user interface of claim 3 wherein the project home page is customized for a participant based on preferences of the participant.

7. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising at least one of a new message indicator, information regarding completed draws, and information regarding pending draws for a participant.

8. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising a create organization form for registering a participant of the construction payment management system.

9. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising a create user form for registering a user of a participant of the construction payment management system.

10. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising a create project form for creating a project and assigning a plurality of participants to the project.

11. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising a create budget form for creating a budget for a project and a schedule for a plurality of draws from the budget.

12. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising an initiate draw form for initiating a draw from a budget of a project.

13. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising an enter invoice form for entering payment information.

14. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising a log in screen.

15. The graphical user interface of claim 1 and further comprising a log out screen.

16. A graphical user interface for a construction payment management system, the graphical user interface comprising:

an organization form for receiving participant information including payment information from each of a plurality of participants associated with a construction project;

a project form for receiving project information associated with the construction project from at least one of the plurality of participants;

a budget form for receiving budget information associated with the construction project from at least one of the plurality of participants;

a draw initiated notification for notifying the plurality of participants of a pending draw for the construction project;

an enter request for payment form for receiving a payment request from each of the plurality of participants;

a sign lien waiver notification for notifying the plurality of participants of a requested signed lien waiver; and

a payment disbursed notification for notifying the plurality of participants that a payment has been disbursed for the pending draw to each of the plurality of participants based on the payment information received from each of the plurality of participants.

17. The graphical user interface of claim 16 wherein the payment request includes at least one of an invoice and a sworn statement.

18. The graphical user interface of claim 16 and further comprising a messages screen for displaying messages to each of the plurality of participants.

19. The graphical user interface of claim 16 wherein the organization form includes at least one of a create organization form and an edit organization form.

20. The graphical user interface of claim 16 and further comprising at least one of a view organization screen for viewing participant information associated with one of the plurality of participants and a browse organization screen for viewing participant information associated with two or more of the plurality of participants.

21. The graphical user interface of claim 16 and further comprising a user form for receiving user information associated with each of the plurality of participants.

22. The graphical user interface of claim 21 wherein the user form includes at least one of a create user form and an update user form.

23. The graphical user interface of claim 21 and further comprising at least one of a view user screen for viewing user information associated with one of the plurality of participants and a browse users screen for viewing user information associated with two or more of the plurality of participants.

24. The graphical user interface of claim 16 wherein the project form includes at least one of a create project form and an update project form.

25. The graphical user interface of claim 16 wherein the budget form includes at least one of an enter budget form and an update budget form.

26. The graphical user interface of claim 16 and further comprising an enter draw dates form for receiving dates on which draws are to take place.

27. The graphical user interface of claim 16 and further comprising a project home screen for displaying the project information to each of the plurality of participants.

28. The graphical user interface of claim 27 wherein the project home screen includes at least one of a project schedule progress bar, a funds disbursed progress bar, and a percent complete progress bar.

29. The graphical user interface of claim 16 and further comprising a configure settings form for receiving construction management settings from at least one of the plurality of participants.

30. The graphical user interface of claim 16 and further comprising an inspection report form for receiving inspection details from an inspector.

31. The graphical user interface of claim 16 and further comprising a change request form for receiving a change request from at least one of the plurality of participants.