Patent ID: 7844508
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for coordinating delivery of components to manage solution delivery and installation to a customer, the computer implemented method comprising: responsive to receiving an order for components from the customer, configuring component tracking devices to be placed within a customer site based on the order, wherein the order specifies a number of component tracking devices to be deployed and a plurality of pre-designated areas in the customer site, wherein a component tracking device in the number of component tracking devices is placed in each pre-designated area of the plurality of pre-designated areas to allow for tracking the components as the components are moved throughout the customer site; tagging each component to be shipped to the customer site with a radio frequency identification tag that is associated with the order; responsive to receipt of the components at the customer site, detecting a presence of each component at the pre-designated areas within the customer site using the component tracking device, wherein a radio frequency identification reader in the component tracking device detects the presence of a component by reading the radio frequency identification tag on the component; recording data about the presence of each component at each pre-designated area in the customer site; using the recorded data to determine that a number of components have arrived at an installation area in the customer site, wherein an installation area is an area in which a product or sub-product is built from the components by an installation team; and notifying the installation team when the recorded data indicates that the number of components in the order have been detected within the installation area of the customer site.