System and method for managing photographs from site audits of facilities

• US 20090048949A1
• Filed: 08/16/2007
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Facility Audit Solutions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Facility Audit Solutions, LLC
• Inventors: Robertson, Joe Paul, Howell, Clark David
• Application Number:
  US11/893,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20090048949A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

A system and method for managing site audit information may include a storage unit configured to store site audit information. The site audit information may include a deficiency identifier of a facility and include at least one photograph of the deficiency. A processing unit may be in communication with the storage unit, and be configured to manage the site audit information stored in the storage unit. The processing unit may further be configured to display the photograph(s) of the deficiency in response to receiving a request for information about the deficiency.

Claims

1. A system for managing site audit information, said system comprising:

a storage unit configured to store site audit information, the site audit information including a deficiency identifier of a facility and including at least one photograph of the deficiency; and

a processing unit in communication with said storage unit, and configured to manage the site audit information stored in said storage unit, said processing unit further configured to display the at least one photograph of the deficiency in response to receiving a request for information about the deficiency.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an input/output (I/O) unit configured to enable uploading the site audit information for storage in said storage unit.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the site audit information further includes at least one reference link that references at least one photograph, the at least one reference link associated with the deficiency identifier and used by said processing unit to access and display the at least one photograph.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one photograph is stored separately from other site audit information.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit is further configured to display a graphical user interface for displaying site audit information, the site audit information further including information identifying the audited facility.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the facility is a restaurant.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display budget information for repairing the deficiency.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein said processing unit is further configured to aggregate and display site audit information and budget information of multiple audited facilities.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein said processing unit is further configured to generate statistics of the site audit information and to display the statistics on the graphical user interface.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein said storage unit is configured to store a graphical representation of the facility, and said processing unit is configured to display the graphical representation and at least one indicia on the graphical representation to identify the deficiency.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein said processing unit is further configured to display the at least one photograph associated with the deficiency in response to a user selecting the at least one indicia associated with the deficiency.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the indicia represents a current state of the deficiency.

13. The system according to claim 1, wherein the site audit information further includes positional coordinates associated with each deficiency identifier, the positional coordinates being indicative of an approximate location of a respective deficiency.

14. A system for managing site audit content, said system comprising:

a database manager module configured to manage site audit information of facilities site audited by an auditor, the site audit information including deficiency information of one or more deficiencies at the facilities and photographs associated with the deficiency information; and

a graphical user interface manager module configured to access and display the deficiency information and photographs associated with the deficiency information.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein said database manager includes a facility graphical representation manager module configured to manage graphical representation information associated with the facilities, the graphical user interface manager module further configured to display graphical representation information of an audited facility and display an indicia on the graphical representation information of a deficiency found at the facility by the auditor at approximately the same location as the actual facility.

16. The system according to claim 14, wherein the graphical user interface manager module further includes a budget module configured to enable a user to enter budget information for repairing a deficiency.

17. A method for managing site audit information, said method comprising:

receiving site audit information generated by an auditor during a site audit of a facility, the site audit information including a deficiency identifier and at least one photograph associated with the deficiency identifier;

storing the site audit information; and

displaying an indicia associated with the deficiency identifier and at least one photograph.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising storing a reference link for each photograph associated with the deficiency identifier.

19. The method according to claim 17, further comprising displaying the site audit information on a graphical user interface, the site audit information further including a graphical representation of an audited facility.

20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising displaying the graphical representation of an audited facility and an indicia representative of a deficiency found by the auditor at the facility on the graphical representation and at substantially the same location as found at the facility.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein displaying the indicia includes displaying the indicia as a representation associated with the current state of the deficiency.

22. The method according to claim 20, further comprising displaying the at least one photograph of the deficiency in response to a user selecting the indicia of the deficiency located on the graphical representation of the facility.

23. The method according to claim 19, further comprising displaying budget information for repairing the deficiency.

24. The method according to claim 23, further comprising:

generating statistics of the budget information and site audit information; and

displaying the statistics.

25. The method according to claim 23, further comprising aggregating budget information for repairing one or more deficiencies.

26. The method according to claim 17, wherein receiving the site audit information includes receiving the site audit information during an uploading process by the auditor.

27. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:

storing site audit information of the plurality of facilities;

enabling a user to select site audit information associated with multiple facilities; and

accumulating the site audit information of the selected multiple facilities.

28. The method according to claim 17, wherein receiving site audit information further includes receiving positional coordinates associated with each deficiency identifier, the positional coordinates being indicative of an approximate location of a respective deficiency.