TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20180325098A1
• Filed: 07/20/2018
• Published: 11/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infestation Tracking Systems Pty. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Infestation Tracking Systems Pty. Ltd.
• Inventors: Vilinskis, Arron, Awad, Troy
• Granted Patent: US 10,477,857 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/026 combined with devices for monitoring insect presence, e.g. termites bait stations A01M1/2005; detecting other animals in a given area A01M31/002
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 31/002 Detecting animals in a given area
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H

Abstract

A tracking system comprises: a data receiver arranged to: i) receive work data indicative of at least a location of an infestation or other item of interest from a data provider, and ii) receive property data indicative of an address or location from a client device; a module arranged to: i) update an existing record in a database according to the received work data upon determining the record corresponds to the location based on a geographical matching process, ii) create a new record in the database according to the received work data upon determining that no record corresponding to the location exists based on a geographical matching process, and iii) retrieve a record from the database corresponding to the location upon determining the record corresponds to the address based on a geographical matching process; and a data transmitter arranged to transmit the retrieved record to the client device for output.

Claims

1. A tracking system comprising:

a data receiver arranged to;

i) receive work data indicative of at least a location of an infestation or other item of interest from a data provider, and ii) receive property data indicative of an address or location from a client device,

a module arranged to;

i) update an existing record in a database according to the received work data upon determining the record corresponds to the location based on a geographical matching process, ii) create a new record in the database according to the received work data upon determining that no record corresponding to the location exists based on a geographical matching process, and iii) retrieve a record from the database corresponding to the location upon determining that the record corresponds to the address based on a geographical matching process, and

a data transmitter arranged to transmit the retrieved record to the client device for output to a user.

2. A tracking system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the geographical matching process compares a postcode in the record to a postcode in the work data or property data to determine whether the record corresponds to the work data or property data.

3. A tracking system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the geographical matching process compares a street name in the record to a street name in the work data or property data to determine whether the record corresponds to the work data or property data.

4. A tracking system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the geographical matching process compares an area based on the record to an area based on the work data or property data to determine whether the record corresponds to the work data or property data.

5. A tracking system as claimed in claim 4 where the area is defined by a circle centered on the location or address and with a predefined radius.

6. A tracking system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the data is arranged to be displayed on a screen of the client device.

7. A tracking system as claimed in claim 1 arranged to display advertisements on the screen of the client device.

8. A tracking system as claimed in claim 7 wherein the displayed advertisement is an advertisement for the data provider.

9. A tracking system as claimed in claim 7 wherein the displayed advertisement is an advertisement related to the location of the data.

10. A tracking system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the module is arranged to communicate via the internet with a smartphone or computer application installed on the client device.

11. A tracking system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the module is arranged to communicate via the internet with a web browser installed on the client device.

12. A tracking system comprising one or more processors configured to:

update an existing record in a database according to received work data indicative of at least the location of an infestation or other item of interest upon determining the record corresponds to the location based on a geographical matching process,

create a new record in the database according to the received work data upon determining that no record corresponding to the location exists based on a geographical matching process, and

retrieve a record from the database according to received property data indicative of an address upon determining the record corresponds to the address based on a geographical matching process.

13. A tracking method comprising:

receiving at a module work data indicative of at least the location of an infestation or other item of interest from a data provider,

modifying records in a database according to the received work data,

receiving at the module property data indicative of an address of a property or location from a client device,

retrieving data corresponding to the address from the records, and

transmitting the retrieved data to the client device for output to a user.

14. A tracking method as claimed in claim 13 comprising determining that data corresponds to the address if the record relates to a property on the same street.

15. A tracking method as claimed in claim 13 wherein determining that data corresponds to the address if the address falls within a risk area of the record.

16. A tracking method as claimed in claim 13 comprising displaying the data on a screen of the client device.

17. A tracking method as claimed in claim 13 comprising displaying advertisements on the screen of the client device.

18. A tracking method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the advertisement is an advertisement for the data provider.

19. A tracking method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the advertisement is an advertisement related to the location of the data.

20. A tracking method as claimed in claim 13 comprising communicating between the module and a smartphone or computer application installed on the client device via the internet.