Patent ID: 7146326
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing groups responsible for pit activities, the method comprising the steps of: populating database fields of a web application by an engineering group with data that specifies details of pits, wherein the population is conducted manually and automatically from both legacy Computer Automated Design systems and legacy visual basic systems; providing the technician manager group with limited access to the web application a first time, receiving from the technician manager via the web application during the first time a first command into the web application that instructs the pit contractor group to open a pit, wherein the technician management group has read access to all data fields in the database related to the first command; providing the pit contractor group with limited access to the web application a first time, executing the first command by opening the pit, wherein the command is issued from the technician manager to the pit contractor group via the web application and providing the pit contractor group with read access to all of the data fields required to successfully execute the first command to open the pit during the first time; providing the pit contractor group with limited access to the web application a second time, receiving a response into the web application from the pit contractor that the first command has been completed by opening the pit, wherein the response includes additional data related to the completion of the first command wherein the additional data comprises the location of the pit and details regarding how the pit was opened; providing the technician manager group with limited access to the web application a second time, receiving from the technician manager during the second time a second command that instructs the technician group to perform a cable task within the pits of the first command into the web application wherein the technician manager group has read access to all data fields in the database related to the second command; providing the technician group with limited access to the web application a first time, receiving by the technician group via the web application during the first time the second command from the technician manager group providing the technician group with read only access to the data fields required to successfully execute the second command, executing the second command by performing the cable task within the pit once it is opened by the pit contractor, providing the technician group with limited access to the web application a second time, receiving a response from the technician group via the web application during the second time that the second command has been completed, wherein the response includes additional data related to the completion of the second command that comprises the number of hours required to complete the cable task within the pit and wherein the write access to respond is via the technician manager group; providing the technician manager group with limited access to the web application a third time, receiving from the technician group via the web application during the third time a third command to close the pit where the cable task has been completed wherein the technician manager group has read access to all data fields in the database related to the third command; providing the pit contractor group with limited access to the web application a third time, receiving by the pit contractor group via the web application during the third time the third command from the technician manager group and providing the pit contractor group with read access to all of the data fields required to successfully execute the third command, executing the third command by closing the pit where the cable task has been completed; and providing the pit contractor group with limited access to the web application a fourth time, receiving from the pit contractor group via the web application during the fourth time that the third command has been completed, wherein the response includes additional data related to the completion of the third command including where the pit was closed and details regarding how the pit was closed; wherein further responses of the pit contractor and technician groups also includes high priority e-mail.