Patent ID: 7617120
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for acquiring and storing field information by a plurality of field officers, comprising: a plurality of field devices operated by the field officers that gather citation information, receive updated file information, and automatically perform scofflaw and stolen vehicle lookups based on at least part of the citation information; a wireless communication network coupled to the field devices that receives field information including field officer information and the citation information from the field devices and transfers updated file information to the field devices; a network that receives the field information from the wireless communication network and transfers updated file information to the wireless communication network; and a server that receives the field information including the field officer information and the citation information from the network, and stores the field information in data tables; wherein the server further analyzes the citation information to produce an indicator of officer productivity for each of the field officers and outputs the indicator of officer productivity; determines if a field device among the plurality of field devices requires ticket numbers for future ticketing; allocates a ticket number allotment if ticket numbers are required; and distributes the ticket number allotment to the field device.