Patent ID: 8782093
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In a computer system, a method for managing a construction project, executed by a least one or more processors, said method comprising: receiving a plurality of identifiers from a user, each of said identifiers identifying a respective component of said construction project; associating an initial one of at least three predefined states with each of said identifiers, said predefined states indicating the construction status of the component identified by the associated identifier; writing records to a database, said records including said identifiers and said associated initial states; updating the states associated with said identifiers by writing records to said database associating different ones of said predefined states with said identifiers; and retrieving the updated states from said database to determine the status of said construction project; and wherein said step of updating said states associated with said identifiers depends on changes in the construction status of said components identified by said identifiers; and said step of updating said states includes