MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-SITE DASHBOARDS

• US 20150278720A1
• Filed: 03/31/2014
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nye, James Ellis, Warren, Jeremy B., Eyring, Matthew J., Hwang, Jungtaik
• Granted Patent: US 10,902,359 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for monitoring commercial activities is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving information related to commercial activities at at least one of a plurality of locations, the information being collected at the at least one of a plurality of locations, and transmitting the collected information for at least one of the plurality of locations to a device located remote from at least one of the plurality of locations.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring at least one commercial activity, the method comprising:

receiving information related to commercial activities at at least one of a plurality of locations, the information being collected at the at least one of a plurality of locations;

transmitting the collected information for at least one of the plurality of locations to a device located remotely from at least one of the plurality of locations.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting instructions to at least one of the plurality of locations in response to the displayed information.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

transmitting the collected information for a select one of the plurality of locations to a local device located on site at the select one of the plurality of locations, the local device displaying the collected information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected information is stored in a database located remote from the plurality of locations.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the collected information displayed on the device is received from the database.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is collected via a manual entering of information about at least one commercial activity.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected information about at least one commercial activity is automatically detected.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the commercial activity comprises at least one of:

consumer traffic;

product inventory;

duration of tasks;

number of transactions; and

number of employees.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing the collected information from one of the plurality of locations with collected information from at least one other of the plurality of locations.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting instructions to perform a separate commercial activity in response to the collected information indicating a threshold condition is met.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

automatically generating instructions when the threshold condition is met.

16. The computer-program product of claim 4, further comprising:

transmitting instructions to perform a further commercial activity in response to the collected information.

12. A computer-program product for monitoring commercial activities, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor to:

receive information related to commercial activities at at least one of a plurality of locations, the information being collected at the at least one of the plurality of locations;

transmit the information for at least one of the plurality of locations to a remote device located remotely from the at least one of the plurality of locations;

display at least some of the information for the at least one of the plurality of locations on a local device located at the at least one of the plurality of locations.

13. The computer-program product of claim 12, wherein information is received for a plurality of locations.

14. The computer-program product of claim 13, further comprising:

displaying information from each of the plurality of locations on the local device.

15. The computer-program product of claim 12, wherein displaying the collected information on the local device includes displaying collected information for only the location where the local device resides.

17. An apparatus for monitoring at least one commercial activity, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by a processor to;

receive information related to commercial activities at at least one of a plurality of locations, the information being collected at the at least one of the plurality of locations;

transmit the collected information for at least one of the plurality of locations to a display device;

generate a notice when the collected information indicates a threshold condition is met for at least one of the commercial activities.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

displaying at least some of the collected information on a display device at each of the plurality of locations.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the display device is located at a location remote from at least some of the plurality of locations.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

transmitting instructions for further commercial activities in response to the collected information.