Patent ID: 9123005
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-based method for managing a mobile workforce with task persons and converting GPS signal data from a GPS-enabled cellular phone, tablet computer or electronic device used by the task person into time-based location data, the method operative with a database populated with task situs location data, event time data and task person data representing at least contact data for that task person, said database coupled to a web-based processor which in turn is coupled to a telecommunications network, said GPS-enabled device coupled to said telecommunications network, the method comprising: programming temporal rules unique to said task situs location; programming territorial rules unique to said task situs location; associating some temporal-location situs rules with some corresponding territorial-location situs rules; generating a first communications event when the temporal-location situs rules are violated based upon data from the GPS-enabled device used by the task person; generating a second communications event when the territorial-location situs rules are violated based upon data from the GPS-enabled device used by the task person; generating a third communications event when the associated temporal-location-territorial-location situs rules are violated based upon data from the GPS-enabled device used by the task person; sending the first, second and third communications events to one or more of: designated persons associated with said task person and the task person; wherein said territorial-location situs rules unique to said task situs location include one or more rules related to a proximal territory near said location situs, an intermediate territory near said location situs which is geographically larger than said proximal territory, and a distal territory near said location situs which is geographically larger than both said proximal and said intermediate territories.