Patent ID: 8400296
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G08B,G08G

Abstract:
1. A system for storing inspection related data, wherein the inspection related data include at least an indication that a particular item has been inspected, the system comprising: (a) a network accessible memory for storing inspection related data, the memory being accessible via a data communications network; (b) a portable device comprising: (c) a plurality of unique tokens, each unique token being disposed at a different item to be inspected, and each unique token being detectable by the sensor; and wherein at least one token is coupled with a second sensor configured to collect ancillary data for an item, where the second sensor is not part of the portable device, such that the ancillary data are automatically conveyed to the portable device when the sensor included in the portable device detects the at least one token, the ancillary data being added to the inspection related data for that item, wherein the at least one token is configured to convey the ancillary data to the portable device by implementing the following functions: (d) a data interface application configured to enable a third party application to access the inspection related data stored by the network accessible memory, the data interface application implementing the functions of: