Asset transition project management

• US 8,856,646 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2008
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Caldvor Acquisitions Ltd LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Thomas, Shawn, Woodfin, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Faber, David
• Application Number:
  US12/056,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20080177753A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,385 Days
• Field of Search: 715200-201, 715/255, 705/1, 705 8- 9, 705 28- 29, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4451 User profiles; Roaming
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

The method and system of the present invention provides an improved method for asset transition project management. Information is aggregated from a variety of sources into a centralized computerized database. Thereafter, assets that are electronically connected to the computerized database are monitored. If a transition occurs, information concerning the transition is input into the computerized database on a real-time basis during the implementation of the transition. The information input into the computerized database can be used to manage the transition.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a communication that indicates performance of a handheld computer asset transition event during an asset transition project, the asset transition event associated with the handheld computer asset'"'"'s relocation, maintenance, and disposition, wherein the communication is received concurrently with the handheld computer asset'"'"'s complete or partial performance of the asset transition event;

updating in a repository information from the communication, wherein the information contains results of actions taken by the handheld computer asset in furtherance of completing the transition event; and

producing a report from the information, wherein the report;

reflects a current status of the transition event, and

supports selectable indicia for displaying multiple levels of information particular to the handheld computer asset, wherein a first level of the information is the location of the handheld communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the communication includes receiving a communication that includes at least one of:

user information, legacy asset information, new asset information, software application information, financial information, site information, event history information, logistical information, ownership information, or usage information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the communication indicating performance of a transition event includes receiving a communication indicating performance of a transition event involving the handheld computer assets and a second handheld computer asset.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the communication includes receiving the communication through the Internet.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the communication includes receiving the communication through a local area network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the communication includes receiving the communication through a secure, encrypted transmission.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising managing the asset transition project using a management activity comprising at least one of:

an installation management, a relocation management, a lease management, an exception management, a scheduling management, a workflow management, or a resource management.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein producing the report is based on the updated and stored asset transition project management information, wherein generating the report includes generating at least one of:

a status by location report, a status by group report, a hardware mix by site report, a user software report, a warehouse status by group report, a technical status report, an asset reconciliation report, an asset disposition report, or a user survey report.

9. A computing device comprising:

a central processing unit; and

computer-readable storage device comprising instructions that, under the influence of the processor, perform a method comprising;

receiving a communication that indicates performance of a handheld computer asset transition event during an asset transition project, the asset transition event associated with the handheld computer asset'"'"'s relocation, maintenance, and disposition, wherein the communication is received concurrently with the handheld computer asset'"'"'s complete or partial performance of the transition event;

updating in a repository information from the communication, wherein the information contains results of actions taken by the handheld computer asset in furtherance of completing the transition event; and

producing a report from the information, wherein the report;

reflects a current status of the asset transition event, and

supports selectable indicia for displaying multiple levels of information particular to the handheld computer asset, wherein a first level of the information is the location of the handheld communication device.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein receiving the communication includes receiving a communication that includes at least one of:

user information, legacy asset information, new asset information, software application information, financial information, site information, event history information, logistical information, ownership information, or usage information.

11. The computing device of claim 9, wherein receiving the communication indicating performance of a transition event includes receiving a communication indicating performance of a transition event involving the handheld device and at least one of:

a laptop computer, a handheld computer, a networking device, or a storage device.

12. The computing device of claim 9, wherein receiving the communication includes receiving the communication through the Internet.

13. The computing device of claim 9, wherein receiving the communication includes receiving the communication through a local area network.

14. The computing device of claim 9, wherein receiving the communication includes receiving the communication through a secure, encrypted transmission.

15. The computing device of claim 9, wherein producing the report is based on the updated and stored asset transition project management information, wherein producing the report includes generating at least one of:

a status by location report, a status by group report, a hardware mix by site report, a user software report, a warehouse status by group report, a technical status report, an asset reconciliation report, an asset disposition report, or a user survey report.

16. A method comprising:

receiving asset specific transition-related information indicative of an implementation of a transition of a handheld communication device, the transition including the handheld communication device relocation, status, and disposition, wherein the asset specific transition-related information is received concurrently with the implementation of the handheld communication device'"'"'s transition; and

updating asset information stored in a database for the handheld communication device to include the received asset specific transition-related information, wherein the information contains results of actions taken by the handheld communication device in furtherance of completing the transition including producing reports, wherein the reports include selectable links for displaying multiple levels of information particular to the handheld communication device, and wherein a first level of information is the location of the handheld communication device.

17. A method comprising:

creating a web based information repository to store a specification associated with a plurality of network interconnected computerized assets, wherein at least one of the plurality of networked interconnected computerized assets is a handheld computer asset; and

using said repository to facilitate a transition event for the handheld computer asset, the transition event including an asset relocation, an asset maintenance, and an asset disposition, wherein using comprises;

storing in the repository information associated with actions taken to complete the transition event for the handheld computer asset, wherein the information is received from the one or more of the plurality of network interconnected computerized assets and stored in the repository concurrently with taking the actions to complete the transition event, wherein the information contains results of actions taken by the handheld computer asset in furtherance of completing the transition event; and

producing a report from the information, wherein the report supports multiple levels of selectable information particular to the handheld computer asset, and wherein a first level of the information is the location of the handheld communication device.

18. A computing-device comprising:

means for receiving a communication that indicates performance of a handheld computer asset transition event during an asset transition project, the asset transition event associated with the handheld computer asset'"'"'s relocation, maintenance, and disposition, wherein the communication is received concurrently with the handheld computer asset'"'"'s complete or partial performance of the asset transition event;

means for updating in a repository information from the communication, wherein the information contains results of actions taken by the handheld computer asset in furtherance of completing the transition event, wherein the information includes the location of the handheld computer asset; and

means for producing a report from the information, wherein the report;

reflects a current status of the transition event, and

supports selectable indicia for displaying multiple levels of information particular to the handheld computer asset, wherein a first level of the information is the location of the handheld communication device.