Patent ID: 7832638
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for recording inspection information for geographically dispersed assets, the system comprising: a processor; a memory accessible by the processor and containing data associating a plurality of unique asset identifiers with a respective plurality of physical locations; a portable inspection data recording device for recording asset inspection data; a data input device associated with the portable inspection data recording device and in communication with the processor and enabling a mobile inspector to input a select one of the plurality of unique asset identifiers that is associated with a selected asset for which an inspection is to be conducted; a location detector transported with the portable inspection data recording device and providing to the processor a position signal indicative of a current physical location of the portable inspection data recording device; and logic executable by the processor for enabling the recordation of inspection data for the selected asset using the portable inspection data recording device only if the current physical location of the portable inspection data recording device corresponds to a physical location associated in the database with the unique asset identifier inputted by the operator.